bradán

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See also: bradan, Bradan, bradáň, and brádán

Irish

Bradán

Etymology

From Old Irish bratán, from brat + -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

bradán m (genitive singular bradáin, nominative plural bradáin)

  1. salmon (fish)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bradán bhradán mbradán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 50
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bradán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin , § 3