bábhún
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish badún, possibly a compound of ba (“cows”) + dún (“fortress”)[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bábhún m (genitive singular bábhúin, nominative plural bábhúin)
- walled enclosure
- defensive wall, bawn, bulwark, bailey
- breakwater (construction in or around a harbour)
- Synonym: tonnchosc
Declension[edit]
Declension of bábhún
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bábhún | bhábhún | mbábhún |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “badún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bábhún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN