bábhún

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bán, bódhún
  • bábhdhún, badhbhdhún, badhún, bádhún (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish badún, possibly a compound of ba (“cows”) + dún (“fortress”)[1] The older spelling badhbhdhún implies a compound of badhbh (“war goddess; vulture”) + dún, though this is semantically unlikely.

Pronunciation

Noun

bábhún m (genitive singular bábhúin, nominative plural bábhúin)

  1. walled enclosure
  2. defensive wall, bawn, bulwark, bailey
  3. breakwater (construction in or around a harbour)
    Synonym: tonnchosc

Declension

Declension of bábhún (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bábhún bábhúin
vocative a bhábhúin a bhábhúna
genitive bábhúin bábhún
dative bábhún bábhúin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bábhún na bábhúin
genitive an bhábhúin na mbábhún
dative leis an mbábhún
don bhábhún 		leis na bábhúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of bábhún
radical lenition eclipsis
bábhún bhábhún mbábhún

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “badún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 196, page 75

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “baḋḃḋún”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 68; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “baḋún”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 69; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bábhún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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