bagún

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bacún, from Anglo-Norman bacoun, a variant of Old French bacon.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠəˈɡuːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaɡuːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaɡunˠ/

Noun

bagún m (genitive singular bagúin)

1. bacon

   Synonym: muiceoil shaillte

Declension

Declension of bagún (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bagún vocative a bhagúin genitive bagúin dative bagún forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bagún genitive an bhagúin dative leis an mbagún don bhagún

Derived terms

• ceathrú bhagúin f (“ham”)
• cliathán bagúin m, leathchliathán bagúin m (“side of bacon”)
• gambún bagúin m (“gammon of bacon”)
• gualainn bhagúin f (“shoulder of bacon”)
• leasaitheoir bagúin m (“bacon curer”)
• leasú bagúin m (“bacon-curing”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of bagún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bagún	bhagún	mbagún

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bagún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bacún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bagún”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bagún”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024