banrón
Irish
Etymology
ban- (feminine prefix) + rón (“seal”)
Noun
banrón m (genitive singular banróin, nominative plural banrónta)
- selkie
- Synonyms: maighdean mhara, maighdean róin
- 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:
- Tá Ben agus a Mham ag péinteáil pictiúr de bhanrónta, fathaigh agus sióga ar bhalla a sheomra leapa.
- [original: Ben and his Mum paint pictures of selkies, giants, and faeries on his bedroom wall.]
Declension
Declension of banrón
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
banrón | bhanrón | mbanrón |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |