burdún

Irish

Alternative forms

• búrdún (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English burdoun (“undersong”), from Old French bordon, from Medieval Latin burdō (“drone”), from Proto-West Germanic *buʀdō.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠuːɾˠˈd̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/

Noun

burdún m (genitive singular burdúin, nominative plural burdúin)

1. epigram (short, witty or pithy poem)
2. tale, gossip

Declension

Declension of burdún

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative burdún burdúin Vocative a bhurdúin a bhurdúna Genitive burdúin burdún Dative burdún burdúin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an burdún na burdúin Genitive an bhurdúin na mburdún Dative leis an mburdún don bhurdún leis na burdúin

Derived terms

• burdúnach
• burdúnaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
burdún	bhurdún	mburdún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “burdún”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “burdún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN