dundarlán

Irish

Alternative forms

• dundalán, dundarmán

Etymology

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Noun

dundarlán m (genitive singular dundarláin, nominative plural dundarláin)

1. thickset, stocky, dumpy, person
2. dunderhead, blockhead, bumpkin
3. resounding blow of fist

Declension

Declension of dundarlán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dundarlán dundarláin vocative a dhundarláin a dhundarlána genitive dundarláin dundarlán dative dundarlán dundarláin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dundarlán na dundarláin genitive an dundarláin na ndundarlán dative leis an dundarlán don dundarlán leis na dundarláin

Mutation

Mutated forms of dundarlán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dundarlán	dhundarlán	ndundarlán

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) “dundarlán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dundarlán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm