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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)
- Burgundy
Declension
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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Burgúin
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Bhurgúin
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mBurgúin
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Burgúin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Burgúin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Burgúin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024