bábhún
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Noun
bábhún m (genitive singular bábhúin, nominative plural bábhúin)
- (architecture) walled enclosure, bawn; bailey
- bulwark, breakwater
Declension
Declension of bábhún
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bábhún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN