bullán

Irish

Etymology 1

From English bull +‎ -án.

Alternative forms

  • bulán

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbˠʊlɑːn/[1] (corresponding to the form bulán)

Noun

bullán m (genitive singular bulláin, nominative plural bulláin)

  1. bullock, steer (castrated bull)
    Synonyms: bológ, damh
    cairt bhullán ― bullock cart
Declension
Declension of bullán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bullán bulláin
vocative a bhulláin a bhullána
genitive bulláin bullán
dative bullán bulláin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bullán na bulláin
genitive an bhulláin na mbullán
dative leis an mbullán
don bhullán 		leis na bulláin

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 58

Further reading

  • “bullán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bullán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 100
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bullán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

bullán m (genitive singular bulláin, nominative plural bulláin)

  1. alternative form of ballán (“drinking vessel, teat”)
Declension
Declension of bullán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bullán bulláin
vocative a bhulláin a bhullána
genitive bulláin bullán
dative bullán bulláin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bullán na bulláin
genitive an bhulláin na mbullán
dative leis an mbullán
don bhullán 		leis na bulláin

Mutation

Mutated forms of bullán
radical lenition eclipsis
bullán bhullán mbullán

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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