bonnán

Irish

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠun̪ˠɑːnˠ/

Etymology 1

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bonnán

Noun

bonnán m (genitive singular bonnáin, nominative plural bonnáin)

bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae)
horn, trumpet; siren
booming sound

Declension

Declension of bonnán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bonnán	bonnáin
Vocative	a bhonnáin	a bhonnána
Genitive	bonnáin	bonnán
Dative	bonnán	bonnáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bonnán	na bonnáin
Genitive	an bhonnáin	na mbonnán
Dative	leis an mbonnán don bhonnán	leis na bonnáin

Derived terms

bonnán buí

Noun

bonnán m (genitive singular bonnáin, nominative plural bonnáin)

Alternative form of buinneán (“slender shoot, sprout; sapling”)

Declension

Declension of bonnán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bonnán	bonnáin
Vocative	a bhonnáin	a bhonnána
Genitive	bonnáin	bonnán
Dative	bonnán	bonnáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bonnán	na bonnáin
Genitive	an bhonnáin	na mbonnán
Dative	leis an mbonnán don bhonnán	leis na bonnáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bonnán	bhonnán	mbonnán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bonnán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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