gobadán

Irish

Etymology

From gob (“beak, bill; pointy nose”).

Noun

gobadán m (genitive singular gobadáin, nominative plural gobadáin)

  1. sandpiper
    Synonym: píobaire trá
  2. Synonym of gobachán (“sharp-featured person; beak-nosed person; sharp-tongued person; inquisitive, interfering, person; chatterer, gossip”)
    1. nosey parker

Declension
Declension of gobadán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gobadán gobadáin
Vocative a ghobadáin a ghobadána
Genitive gobadáin gobadán
Dative gobadán gobadáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gobadán na gobadáin
Genitive an ghobadáin na ngobadán
Dative leis an ngobadán

don ghobadán

 leis na gobadáin

Derived terms
  • gobadán cosbhuí (“purple sandpiper”)
  • gobadán glas (“green sandpiper”)
  • gobadán na cuaiche (“bird that follows the cuckoo; pipit”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gobadán ghobadán ngobadán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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