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
singular plural
nominative bosán bosáin
vocative a bhosáin a bhosána
genitive bosáin bosán
dative bosán bosáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bosán na bosáin
genitive an bhosáin na mbosán
dative leis an mbosán
don bhosán
leis na bosáin

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bosán
radical lenition eclipsis
bosán bhosán mbosán

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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