bonnán

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠun̪ˠɑːnˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bonnán, a diminutive in -án of Proto-Celtic *bunnos, whence also Welsh bwn.

Noun

bonnán m (genitive singular bonnáin, nominative plural bonnáin)

  1. bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae)
  2. horn, trumpet; siren
  3. booming sound
Declension
Declension of bonnán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bonnán bonnáin
vocative a bhonnáin a bhonnána
genitive bonnáin bonnán
dative bonnán bonnáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bonnán na bonnáin
genitive an bhonnáin na mbonnán
dative leis an mbonnán
don bhonnán 		leis na bonnáin
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Yola: poumgaam, pouingaan, punaan

Etymology 2

Noun

bonnán m (genitive singular bonnáin, nominative plural bonnáin)

  1. alternative form of buinneán (“slender shoot, sprout; sapling”)
Declension
Declension of bonnán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bonnán bonnáin
vocative a bhonnáin a bhonnána
genitive bonnáin bonnán
dative bonnán bonnáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bonnán na bonnáin
genitive an bhonnáin na mbonnán
dative leis an mbonnán
don bhonnán 		leis na bonnáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of bonnán
radical lenition eclipsis
bonnán bhonnán mbonnán

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

Further reading

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