banrón

See also: bận rộn

Irish

Etymology

ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ rón (“seal”)

Noun

banrón m (genitive singular banróin, nominative plural banrónta)

  1. selkie
    Synonym: maighdean mhara
    • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:
      Tá Ben agus a Mham ag péinteáil pictiúr de bhanrónta, fathaigh agus sióga ar bhalla a sheomra leapa.
      [original: Ben and his Mum paint pictures of selkies, giants, and faeries on his bedroom wall.]

Declension
Declension of banrón

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative banrón banrónta
Vocative a bhanróin a bhanrónta
Genitive banróin banrónta
Dative banrón banrónta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an banrón na banrónta
Genitive an bhanróin na mbanrónta
Dative leis an mbanrón

don bhanrón

 leis na banrónta

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
banrón bhanrón mbanrón
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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