bíosún

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

bíosún m (genitive singular bíosúin, nominative plural bíosúin)

  1. bison

Declension
Declension of bíosún

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bíosún bíosúin
Vocative a bhíosúin a bhíosúna
Genitive bíosúin bíosún
Dative bíosún bíosúin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bíosún na bíosúin
Genitive an bhíosúin na mbíosún
Dative leis an mbíosún

don bhíosún

 leis na bíosúin

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bíosún bhíosún mbíosún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bíosún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “bison”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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