gealbhan

Irish
gealbhan binne

Etymology

From Old Irish gelbann. Compare Cornish and Breton golvan.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟəˈlˠuːn̪ˠ/

Noun

gealbhan m (genitive singular gealbhain, nominative plural gealbhain)

  1. sparrow (bird of the family Passeridae)

Declension
Declension of gealbhan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gealbhan gealbhain
Vocative a ghealbhain a ghealbhana
Genitive gealbhain gealbhan
Dative gealbhan gealbhain

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gealbhan na gealbhain
Genitive an ghealbhain na ngealbhan
Dative leis an ngealbhan

don ghealbhan

 leis na gealbhain

Derived terms
  • chomh héadrom, chomh héasca, le gealbhan (“light of foot, of heart”, literally “as light as a sparrow”)
  • gealbhan binne
  • gealbhan bruaigh
  • gealbhan caoch
  • gealbhan cátha
  • gealbhan claí
  • gealbhan coille
  • gealbhan crainn
  • gealbhan creige
  • gealbhan giolcaí
  • gealbhan glas
  • gealbhan gleoránach
  • gealbhan lín
  • gealbhan rois
  • gealbhan sciobóil
  • gealbhan sléibhe
  • gealbhan tí

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

Further reading
  • "gealbhan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “gelbann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “gealbhan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “gealbhan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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