bósan

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English boatswain.

Noun

bósan m (genitive singular bósain, nominative plural bósain)

  1. (nautical) boatswain

Declension

Declension of bósan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bósan bósain
vocative a bhósain a bhósana
genitive bósain bósan
dative bósan bósain
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bósan na bósain
genitive an bhósain na mbósan
dative leis an mbósan
don bhósan 		leis na bósain

Synonyms

  • maor loinge

Derived terms

  • feadóg bósain (“boatswain's pipe”)
  • máta bosáin (“boatswain's mate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bósan
radical lenition eclipsis
bósan bhósan mbósan

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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