punann

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish punand,[2] from Old Norse bundinn (“bound”).

Pronunciation

Noun

punann f (genitive singular punainne, nominative plural punanna or punannacha or punainneacha)

  1. sheaf (bundle of grain or straw)

Declension

Declension of punann (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative punann punanna
vocative a phunann a phunanna
genitive punainne punann
dative punann
punainn (archaic, dialectal) 		punanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an phunann na punanna
genitive na punainne na bpunann
dative leis an bpunann
leis an bpunainn (archaic, dialectal)
don phunann
don phunainn (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na punanna

Alternative plural forms: punannacha, punainneacha

Descendants

  • → Yola: punaan

Mutation

Mutated forms of punann
radical lenition eclipsis
punann phunann bpunann

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

References

  1. ^ “punann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pun(n)ann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 56, page 25

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