pardún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English pardoun,[1] from the verb pardounen, from Old French pardoner.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠɑːɾˠˈd̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɑːɾˠd̪ˠuːnˠ/, /ˈpˠɑːɾˠd̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠaːɾˠd̪ˠuːnˠ/, /ˈpˠaːɾˠd̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/[2]

Noun

pardún m (genitive singular pardúin, nominative plural pardúin)

  1. pardon, forgiveness

Declension

Declension of pardún (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative pardún pardúin
vocative a phardúin a phardúna
genitive pardúin pardún
dative pardún pardúin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an pardún na pardúin
genitive an phardúin na bpardún
dative leis an bpardún
don phardún 		leis na pardúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of pardún
radical lenition eclipsis
pardún phardún bpardún

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pardún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 18

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