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báchrán

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See also: Bachran

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Old Irish bachar (acorn?,[3] trough?[4]) + -án.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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báchrán m (genitive singular báchráin, nominative plural báchráin)

  1. bog-bean, buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
    Synonyms: bearnán lachan, pónaire chorraigh

Declension

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Declension of báchrán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative báchrán báchráin
vocative a bháchráin a bháchrána
genitive báchráin báchrán
dative báchrán báchráin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an báchrán na báchráin
genitive an bháchráin na mbáchrán
dative leis an mbáchrán
don bháchrán
leis na báchráin

Mutation

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Mutated forms of báchrán
radical lenition eclipsis
báchrán bháchrán mbáchrán

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

References

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  1. ^ báchrán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ pacharán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Meyer, Kuno (1906) Contributions to Irish Lexicography, volume 1, part 1: A–C, Halle an der Saale: Max Niemeyer, page 161
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báchrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 330, page 114

Further reading

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