bosán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

bosán m (genitive singular bosáin, nominative plural bosáin)

1. purse
2. (anatomy) scrotum

Declension

Declension of bosán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bosán bosáin vocative a bhosáin a bhosána genitive bosáin bosán dative bosán bosáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bosán na bosáin genitive an bhosáin na mbosán dative leis an mbosán don bhosán leis na bosáin

Synonyms

• (scrotum): cadairne, cochall

Mutation

Mutated forms of bosán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bosán	bhosán	mbosán

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) “bosán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN