bodhrán

See also: bodhran

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bodrán, bodarán (“tabor, drum”); synchronically, bodhar (“deaf”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

bodhrán m (genitive singular bodhráin, nominative plural bodhráin)

  1. winnowing drum; bodhran
  2. deaf person; slow-witted person, dullard

Declension
Declension of bodhrán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bodhrán bodhráin
Vocative a bhodhráin a bhodhrána
Genitive bodhráin bodhrán
Dative bodhrán bodhráin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bodhrán na bodhráin
Genitive an bhodhráin na mbodhrán
Dative leis an mbodhrán

don bhodhrán

 leis na bodhráin

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

References
  • "bodhrán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “bodar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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