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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bradán bhradán mbradán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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 (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 3
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