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Irish
Etymology
Literally, “bog bean”
Noun
pónaire chorraigh f (genitive singular pónaire corraigh, nominative plural pónairí corraigh)
- buckbean, bogbean, Menyanthes trifoliata
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “pónaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pónaire chorraigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pónaire chorraigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN