banrón

See also: bận rộn

Irish

Etymology

ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ rón (“seal”)

Noun

banrón m (genitive singular banróin, nominative plural banrónta)

1. selkie

   Synonym: maighdean mhara

   • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:

     Tá Ben agus a Mham ag péinteáil pictiúr de bhanrónta, fathaigh agus sióga ar bhalla a sheomra leapa.

     [original: Ben and his Mum paint pictures of selkies, giants, and faeries on his bedroom wall.]

Declension

Declension of banrón (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative banrón banrónta vocative a bhanróin a bhanrónta genitive banróin banrónta dative banrón banrónta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an banrón na banrónta genitive an bhanróin na mbanrónta dative leis an mbanrón don bhanrón leis na banrónta

Mutation

Mutated forms of banrón

radical	lenition	eclipsis
banrón	bhanrón	mbanrón

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