bósan
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English boatswain.
Noun
bósan m (genitive singular bósain, nominative plural bósain)
- (nautical) boatswain
Declension
Declension of bósan
First declension
Bare forms:
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Synonyms
- maor loinge
Derived terms
- feadóg bósain (“boatswain's pipe”)
- máta bosáin (“boatswain's mate”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bósan | bhósan | mbósan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "bósan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.