bonnán buí
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “yellow bittern”; however, it is unlikely to refer to the bird known in English as the yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis), which is native to Central and East Asia and unknown in Ireland. Dictionaries gloss bonnán buí (and bonnán léana (literally “water-meadow bittern”)) simply as “bittern”, but it probably refers specifically to the common, Eurasian or great bittern (Botaurus stellaris), which was common in Ireland until the mid-19th century.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲanˠ ˈbˠiː/, /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲan̪ˠ ˈbˠiː/[2] (corresponding to the form buinneán buí)
Noun edit
bonnán buí m (genitive singular bonnáin bhuí, nominative plural bonnáin bhuí)
Declension edit
Declension of bonnán buí
Bare forms:
|
Forms with the definite article:
|
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bonnán buí | bhonnán buí | mbonnán buí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Ana Queiros (2023) “Great Bitterns in Ireland”, in National Museum of Ireland[1], retrieved 2023-08-23
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “bonnán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bonnán buí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “bonnán buí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024