dordán

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish dordán. By surface analysis, dord (“hum, buzz”) +‎ -án.

Noun

dordán m (genitive singular dordáin)

1. verbal noun of dord
2. hum, buzz, drone

Declension

Declension of dordáin (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dordáin vocative a dh{{{3}}} genitive d{{{3}}} dative dordáin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dordáin genitive an d{{{3}}} dative leis an dordáin don dordáin

Related terms

• dordánach (“deep; droning”, adjective)
• dordánacht f (“humming, buzzing”)
• dordánaí m (“buzzer”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of dordán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dordán	dhordán	ndordán

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dordán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language