Burgúin

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English Burgoyne or its etymon Anglo-Norman Borgoigne, from Medieval Latin Burgundia, from Late Latin Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥gʰ-ont- (“high, mighty”), from *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *brixs.

Proper noun

An Bhurgúin f (genitive na Burgúine)

  1. Burgundy

Declension

Declension of Burgúin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Burgúin
vocative a Bhurgúin
genitive Burgúine
dative Burgúin
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Bhurgúin
genitive na Burgúine
dative leis an mBurgúin
don Bhurgúin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Burgúin
radical lenition eclipsis
Burgúin Bhurgúin mBurgúin

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

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