scrábán

Irish

Etymology

From scráib (“scrape, scratch”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠkɾˠɑːˈbɑːn̪ˠ/, [sˠkɾˠɑːˈbɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkɾˠɑːbɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠkɾˠaːbanˠ/

Noun

scrábán m (genitive singular scrábáin, nominative plural scrábáin)

1. poor, flimsy cloth

Declension

Declension of scrábán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative scrábán scrábáin Vocative a scrábáin a scrábána Genitive scrábáin scrábán Dative scrábán scrábáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an scrábán na scrábáin Genitive an scrábáin na scrábán Dative leis an scrábán don scrábán leis na scrábáin

Further reading

• “scrábán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “scrábán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 615
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scrábán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21