bonn

See also: bon, Bonn, and bønn

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish bonn (“sole of the foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bundos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn with metathesis.

Noun

bonn m (genitive singular boinn, nominative plural boinn)

  1. sole, pad
  2. foothold
  3. foundation, basis
    Synonym: fotha
  4. premise
  5. (automotive) tire
    Synonym: bonn rotha
  6. track
  7. (mathematics) base, radix
    Synonym: bonnuimhir
  8. (sailing) cill
    Synonym: bonn poill
Declension
Declension of bonn

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bonn boinn
Vocative a bhoinn a bhonna
Genitive boinn bonn
Dative bonn boinn

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bonn na boinn
Genitive an bhoinn na mbonn
Dative leis an mbonn

don bhonn

 leis na boinn
Derived terms
  • aerbhonn m (“pneumatic tire”)
  • bonn-achar m (“basal area; ground surface”)
  • bonnaonad m (“base unit”)
  • bonnbheart m (“covering, protection, for soles of feet”)
  • bonnbhrat m (“basal cover”)
  • bonnbhualadh m (“callus, blister on sole of foot”)
  • bonn breise m (“spare tyre, spare wheel”)
  • bonnchló m (“ground-plan”)
  • bonnleac f (“callus (on sole of foot)”)
  • bonnleibhéal m (“base-level”)
  • bonnlíne f (“spring (of arch)”)
  • bonnsiúlach (“plantigrade”, adjective)
  • bonnstoc m (“rootstock”)
  • bonnuillinn f (“base angle”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bonn (“coin, piece of money”).

Noun

bonn m (genitive singular boinn, nominative plural boinn)

  1. coin
    Synonym: bonn airgid
  2. medal
    Synonym: bonn comórtha
Declension
Declension of bonn

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bonn boinn
Vocative a bhoinn a bhonna
Genitive boinn bonn
Dative bonn boinn

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bonn na boinn
Genitive an bhoinn na mbonn
Dative leis an mbonn

don bhonn

 leis na boinn
Derived terms

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

Further reading
  • "bonn" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 bonn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 bonn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “bonn” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 77.
  • Entries containing “bonn” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “bonn” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish bonn (“sole of the foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bundos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn with metathesis.

Noun

bonn m (genitive singular buinn, plural buinn or bonnan)

  1. base, bottom, foot
  2. sole
    bonn na bròige ― the sole of the shoe
    bonn na coise ― the sole of the foot
    bonn na stocainn ― the sole of the sock
  3. article, clause
  4. coin
  5. medal

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
bonnbhonn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 bonn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 bonn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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