biorán

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish berán.[1] By surface analysis, bior +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

biorán m (genitive singular bioráin, nominative plural bioráin)

  1. pin
  2. hand (of clock)
  3. Alternative form of bearrán (“annoyance; nuisance”)

Declension

Declension of biorán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative biorán bioráin
vocative a bhioráin a bhiorána
genitive bioráin biorán
dative biorán bioráin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an biorán na bioráin
genitive an bhioráin na mbiorán
dative leis an mbiorán
don bhiorán 		leis na bioráin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of biorán
radical lenition eclipsis
biorán bhiorán mbiorán

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “berán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 235, page 119
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49

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