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gabhdán

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From gabh (“to take”) +‎ -adán

Noun

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gabhdán m (genitive singular gabhdáin, nominative plural gabhdáin)

  1. holder, container, receptacle
    Synonym: coimeádán
  2. (chemistry) receiver (vessel for receiving and holding)

Declension

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Declension of gabhdán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gabhdán gabhdáin
vocative a ghabhdáin a ghabhdána
genitive gabhdáin gabhdán
dative gabhdán gabhdáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gabhdán na gabhdáin
genitive an ghabhdáin na ngabhdán
dative leis an ngabhdán
don ghabhdán 		leis na gabhdáin

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gabhdán
radical lenition eclipsis
gabhdán ghabhdán ngabhdán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ “gabhdán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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