dundarlán

Irish

Alternative forms

• dundalán, dundarmán

Etymology

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Noun

dundarlán m (genitive singular dundarláin, nominative plural dundarláin)

1. thickset, stocky, dumpy, person
2. dunderhead, blockhead, bumpkin
3. resounding blow of fist

Declension

Declension of dundarlán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dundarlán dundarláin Vocative a dhundarláin a dhundarlána Genitive dundarláin dundarlán Dative dundarlán dundarláin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dundarlán na dundarláin Genitive an dundarláin na ndundarlán Dative leis an dundarlán don dundarlán leis na dundarláin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dundarlán	dhundarlán	ndundarlán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dundarlán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “dundarlán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.