basún

See also: basun, básún, and Basun

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bassoon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bˠaˈsˠuːnˠ]

Noun

basún m (genitive singular basúin, nominative plural basúin)

1. (music) bassoon

Declension

Declension of basún (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative basún basúin vocative a bhasúin a bhasúna genitive basúin basún dative basún basúin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an basún na basúin genitive an bhasúin na mbasún dative leis an mbasún don bhasún leis na basúin

Derived terms

• ollbhasún (“contrabassoon, double bassoon”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of basún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
basún	bhasún	mbasún

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “basún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN