bradán

See also: bradan, Bradan, bradáň, and brádán

Irish

Bradán

Etymology

From Old Irish bratán, from brat + -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠəˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠəˈd̪ˠɑːn/
• (Connemara, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɾˠad̪ˠaːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɑd̪ˠɑnˠ/

Noun

bradán m (genitive singular bradáin, nominative plural bradáin)

1. salmon (fish)

Declension

Declension of bradán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bradán bradáin vocative a bhradáin a bhradána genitive bradáin bradán dative bradán bradáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bradán na bradáin genitive an bhradáin na mbradán dative leis an mbradán don bhradán leis na bradáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of bradán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bradán	bhradán	mbradán

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

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 50
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bradán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt‎^[1] (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 3