tobán

See also: toban

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish toba (possibly borrowed from Middle English [Term?]) +‎ -án.

Noun

tobán m (genitive singular tobáin, nominative plural tobáin)

  1. tub
  2. tubby person

Declension
Declension of tobán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tobán tobáin
Vocative a thobáin a thobána
Genitive tobáin tobán
Dative tobán tobáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tobán na tobáin
Genitive an tobáin na dtobán
Dative leis an tobán

don tobán

 leis na tobáin

Derived terms

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

References
  • "tobán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “toba” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “tobán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
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