bíosún

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

bíosún m (genitive singular bíosúin, nominative plural bíosúin)

  1. bison

Declension

Declension of bíosún (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bíosún bíosúin
vocative a bhíosúin a bhíosúna
genitive bíosúin bíosún
dative bíosún bíosúin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bíosún na bíosúin
genitive an bhíosúin na mbíosún
dative leis an mbíosún
don bhíosún
leis na bíosúin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bíosún
radical lenition eclipsis
bíosún bhíosún mbíosún

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bíosún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • bison”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025