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báchrán

See also: Bachran

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Old Irish bachar (“acorn?”,[3] “trough?”[4]) + -án.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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báchrán m (genitive singular báchráin, nominative plural báchráin)

  1. bog-bean, buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
    Synonyms: bearnán lachan, pónaire chorraigh

Declension

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Declension of báchrán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative báchrán báchráin
Vocative a bháchráin a bháchrána
Genitive báchráin báchrán
Dative báchrán báchráin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an báchrán na báchráin
Genitive an bháchráin na mbáchrán
Dative leis an mbáchrán

don bháchrán

leis na báchráin

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báchrán bháchrán mbáchrán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ “báchrán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ “pacharán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Meyer, Kuno (1906) Contributions to Irish Lexicography, volume 1, part 1: A–C, Halle an der Saale: Max Niemeyer, page 161
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báchrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 330, page 114

Further reading

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