dordán

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Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish dordán. By surface analysis, dord (“hum, buzz”) +‎ -án.

Noun

dordán m (genitive singular dordáin)

  1. verbal noun of dord
  2. hum, buzz, drone

Declension

Declension of dordáin (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative dordáin
vocative a dh{{{3}}}
genitive d{{{3}}}
dative dordáin
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an dordáin
genitive an d{{{3}}}
dative leis an dordáin
don dordáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of dordán
radical lenition eclipsis
dordán dhordán ndordán

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

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