bodhrán

See also: bodhran

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bodarán (“tabor, drum”). By surface analysis, bodhar (“deaf”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠəuˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠəuɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠoːɾˠæn̪ˠ/

Noun

bodhrán m (genitive singular bodhráin, nominative plural bodhráin)

1. winnowing drum; bodhran
2. deaf person; slow-witted person, dullard

Declension

Declension of bodhrán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bodhrán bodhráin Vocative a bhodhráin a bhodhrána Genitive bodhráin bodhrán Dative bodhrán bodhráin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bodhrán na bodhráin Genitive an bhodhráin na mbodhrán Dative leis an mbodhrán don bhodhrán leis na bodhráin

Descendants

• → Yola: booraan, butheraan
• → English: bodhran

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bodhrán	bhodhrán	mbodhrán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bodhrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bodar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language