tobán

See also: toban and tóban

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish toba (borrowed from Middle English tubbe, tobbe) + -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠəˈbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔbˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠʌbˠanˠ/

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

• tobán cuilithe
• tobán folctha
• tobán níocháin
• tobán saillte
• tobán te

 

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tobán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “toba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tobán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 738