bodhrán

See also: bodhran

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bodarán (“tabor, drum”). By surface analysis, bodhar (“deaf”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠəuˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠəuɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠoːɾˠæn̪ˠ/

Noun

bodhrán m (genitive singular bodhráin, nominative plural bodhráin)

1. winnowing drum; bodhran
2. deaf person; slow-witted person, dullard

Declension

Declension of bodhrán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bodhrán bodhráin vocative a bhodhráin a bhodhrána genitive bodhráin bodhrán dative bodhrán bodhráin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bodhrán na bodhráin genitive an bhodhráin na mbodhrán dative leis an mbodhrán don bhodhrán leis na bodhráin

Descendants

• → English: bodhran
• → Yola: booraan, butheraan

Mutation

Mutated forms of bodhrán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bodhrán	bhodhrán	mbodhrán

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) “bodhrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bodar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language