bullán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English bull +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbˠulɑːn/[2] (corresponding to the form bulán)

Noun

bullán m (genitive singular bulláin, nominative plural bulláin)

  1. bullock, steer (castrated bull)
    cairt bhullánbullock cart

Declension

Declension of bullán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bullán bulláin
vocative a bhulláin a bhullána
genitive bulláin bullán
dative bullán bulláin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bullán na bulláin
genitive an bhulláin na mbullán
dative leis an mbullán
don bhullán
leis na bulláin

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bullán
radical lenition eclipsis
bullán bhullán mbullán

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

References

  1. ^ bullán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 58

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