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Irish
Etymology 1
From English bull + -án.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
bullán m (genitive singular bulláin, nominative plural bulláin)
- bullock, steer (castrated bull)
- Synonyms: bológ, damh
- cairt bhullán ― bullock cart
Declension
References
Further reading
- “bullán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bullán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 100
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bullán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Noun
bullán m (genitive singular bulláin, nominative plural bulláin)
- Alternative form of ballán (“drinking vessel, teat”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| bullán
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bhullán
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mbullán
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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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