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bábhún

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish badún, possibly a compound of ba (“cows”) + dún (“fortress”)[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bábhún m (genitive singular bábhúin, nominative plural bábhúin)

  1. walled enclosure
  2. defensive wall, bawn, bulwark, bailey
  3. breakwater (construction in or around a harbour)
    Synonym: tonnchosc

Declension edit

Declension of bábhún

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bábhún bábhúin
Vocative a bhábhúin a bhábhúna
Genitive bábhúin bábhún
Dative bábhún bábhúin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bábhún na bábhúin
Genitive an bhábhúin na mbábhún
Dative leis an mbábhún

don bhábhún

leis na bábhúin

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bábhún bhábhún mbábhún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “badún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75

Further reading edit

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