bannán

See also: bannan

Old Irish

Etymology

From bannae (“drop”) +‎ -án.

Noun

bannán m

1. small drop, droplet.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bannán	bannánL	bannáinL
vocative	bannáin	bannánL	bannánuH
accusative	bannánN	bannánL	bannánuH
genitive	bannáinL	bannán	bannánN
dative	bannánL	bannánaib	bannánaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of bannán

radical	lenition	nasalization
bannán	bannán pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbannán

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bannán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language