brádán

See also: bradan, Bradan, bradán, and bradáň

Irish

Alternative forms

  • brád, brádar, brádarnach, brádarsach

Etymology

From brád +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠɑːˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɑːd̪ˠɑːnˠ/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠaːd̪ˠanˠ/

Noun

brádán m (genitive singular brádáin)

  1. drizzle (light rain)
    Synonym: ceobhrán

Declension

Declension of brádán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative brádán
vocative a bhrádáin
genitive brádáin
dative brádán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an brádán
genitive an bhrádáin
dative leis an mbrádán
don bhrádán

Mutation

Mutated forms of brádán
radical lenition eclipsis
brádán bhrádán mbrádán

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49

Further reading

  • “brádán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “brádarnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 79
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “brádán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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