bosán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

bosán m (genitive singular bosáin, nominative plural bosáin)

1. purse
2. (anatomy) scrotum

Declension

Declension of bosán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bosán bosáin Vocative a bhosáin a bhosána Genitive bosáin bosán Dative bosán bosáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bosán na bosáin Genitive an bhosáin na mbosán Dative leis an mbosán don bhosán leis na bosáin

Synonyms

• (scrotum): cadairne, cochall

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bosán	bhosán	mbosán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bosán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN