sealbhán

Irish

Etymology

Old Irish selbán, a diminutive of selb (“flock, herd”). By surface analysis, seilbh +‎ -án.

Noun

sealbhán m (genitive singular sealbháin, nominative plural sealbháin)

  1. flock, herd
    Sheol sé roimhe an sealbhán torc. ― He drove the herd of boars before him.
  2. flock, herd, group (of people)

Declension
Declension of sealbhán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sealbhán sealbháin
Vocative a shealbháin a shealbhána
Genitive sealbháin sealbhán
Dative sealbhán sealbháin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sealbhán na sealbháin
Genitive an tsealbháin na sealbhán
Dative leis an sealbhán

don sealbhán

 leis na sealbháin

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