bodhrán

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bodarán (“tabor, drum”). By surface analysis, bodhar (“deaf”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

bodhrán m (genitive singular bodhráin, nominative plural bodhráin)

  1. winnowing drum; bodhran
  2. deaf person; slow-witted person, dullard

Declension

Declension of bodhrán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bodhrán bodhráin
vocative a bhodhráin a bhodhrána
genitive bodhráin bodhrán
dative bodhrán bodhráin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bodhrán na bodhráin
genitive an bhodhráin na mbodhrán
dative leis an mbodhrán
don bhodhrán 		leis na bodhráin

Descendants

  • → English: bodhran
  • → Yola: booraan, butheraan

Mutation

Mutated forms of bodhrán
radical lenition eclipsis
bodhrán bhodhrán mbodhrán

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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