Burgúin

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English Burgoyne or its etymon Anglo-Norman Borgoigne, from Medieval Latin Burgundia, from Late Latin Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥gʰ-ont- (“high, mighty”), from *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *brixs.

Proper noun

An Bhurgúin f (genitive na Burgúine)

  1. Burgundy (a historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
  2. Burgundy (an early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands)

Declension

Declension of Burgúin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Burgúin
vocative a Bhurgúin
genitive Burgúine
dative Burgúin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Bhurgúin
genitive na Burgúine
dative leis an mBurgúin
don Bhurgúin

Derived terms

  • burgúin f (“burgundy”) (wine)
  • Burgúnach (“Burgundian”, adjective)
  • Burgúnach m (“Burgundian”, noun)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Burgúin
radical lenition eclipsis
Burgúin Bhurgúin mBurgúin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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