bonnán

bonnán

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠun̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

bonnán

Noun

bonnán m (genitive singular bunnáin, nominative plural bunnáin)

1. bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae)
2. horn, trumpet; siren
3. booming sound

Noun

bonnán m (genitive singular bunnáin, nominative plural bunnáin)

1. 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.

References

• "bonnán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.