burdún

Irish

Alternative forms

• búrdún (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English burdoun (“undersong”), from Old French bordon, from Medieval Latin burdō (“drone”), from Proto-West Germanic *buʀdō.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠuːɾˠˈd̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/

Noun

burdún m (genitive singular burdúin, nominative plural burdúin)

1. epigram (short, witty or pithy poem)
2. tale, gossip

Declension

Declension of burdún (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative burdún burdúin vocative a bhurdúin a bhurdúna genitive burdúin burdún dative burdún burdúin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an burdún na burdúin genitive an bhurdúin na mburdún dative leis an mburdún don bhurdún leis na burdúin

Derived terms

• burdúnach
• burdúnaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of burdún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
burdún	bhurdún	mburdún

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “burdún”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “burdún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN