bonnán

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠun̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/

Etymology 1
bonnán

Noun

bonnán m (genitive singular bunnáin, nominative plural bunnáin)

  1. bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae)
  2. horn, trumpet; siren
  3. booming sound

Etymology 2

Noun

bonnán m (genitive singular bunnáin, nominative plural bunnáin)

  1. Alternative form of buinneán (“slender shoot, sprout; sapling”)

Declension
Declension of bonnán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bonnán bonnáin
Vocative a bhonnáin a bhonnána
Genitive bonnáin bonnán
Dative bonnán bonnáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bonnán na bonnáin
Genitive an bhonnáin na mbonnán
Dative leis an mbonnán

don bhonnán

 leis na bonnáin

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

References
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