bósan

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English boatswain.

Noun

bósan m (genitive singular bósain, nominative plural bósain)

1. (nautical) boatswain

Declension

Declension of bósan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bósan bósain Vocative a bhósain a bhósana Genitive bósain bósan Dative bósan bósain

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bósan na bósain Genitive an bhósain na mbósan Dative leis an mbósan don bhósan leis na bósain

Synonyms

• maor loinge

Derived terms

• feadóg bósain (“boatswain's pipe”)
• máta bosáin (“boatswain's mate”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bósan	bhósan	mbósan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bósan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN