baothán

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Irish

Etymology

From baoth (“foolish”) +‎ -án (nominal suffix).

Noun

baothán m (genitive singular baotháin, nominative plural baotháin)

  1. fool, simpleton
  2. fop

Declension

Declension of baothán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative baothán baotháin
vocative a bhaotháin a bhaothána
genitive baotháin baothán
dative baothán baotháin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an baothán na baotháin
genitive an bhaotháin na mbaothán
dative leis an mbaothán
don bhaothán 		leis na baotháin

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Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of baothán
radical lenition eclipsis
baothán bhaothán mbaothán

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

References

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