murnán

See also: murnan

Irish

Alternative forms

mudharlán, mudhornan, mudhurlán, mugharlán, múrnán (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish mudorn +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠuːɾˠˈn̪ˠaːn̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠuːɾˠn̪ˠaːnˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠuːɾˠn̪ˠanˠ/

Noun

murnán m (genitive singular murnáin, nominative plural murnáin)

ankle
Synonyms: alt na coise, caol na coise, rúitín

Declension

Declension of murnán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	murnán	murnáin
Vocative	a mhurnáin	a mhurnána
Genitive	murnáin	murnán
Dative	murnán	murnáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an murnán	na murnáin
Genitive	an mhurnáin	na murnán
Dative	leis an murnán don mhurnán	leis na murnáin

Derived terms

bráisléad murnáin (“anklet”)
cnámh murnáin (“ankle-bone”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
murnán	mhurnán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “murnán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“murnán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mudornán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “muḋarlán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 499
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “muġarlán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
Entries containing “murnán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “murnán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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