tobann
Irish
Etymology
Alteration of earlier obann, from Middle Irish opund (“quick, sudden”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic obann.
Adjective
tobann (genitive singular masculine tobainn, genitive singular feminine tobainne, plural tobanna, comparative tobainne)
- sudden, unexpected
- hasty, quick
- Synonyms: araiciseach, mear
- precipitate (with a hasty impulse), rash, snap (done quickly and unexpectedly), abrupt (without notice)
- Synonym: mear
- impetuous (making arbitrary decisions), impulsive (actuated by impulse or transient feelings)
- irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered
- Synonyms: colgach, araiciseach
Declension
Declension of tobann
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tobann | thobann | tobanna; thobanna² | |
| Vocative | thobainn | tobanna | ||
| Genitive | tobainne | tobanna | tobann | |
| Dative | tobann; thobann¹ |
thobann; thobainn (archaic) |
tobanna; thobanna² | |
| Comparative | níos tobainne | |||
| Superlative | is tobainne | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- tobainne
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tobann | thobann | dtobann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “tobann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “opunn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “obann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 524
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tobann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 738
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tobann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50
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