banrón

See also: bận rộn

Irish

Etymology

ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ rón (“seal”)

Noun

banrón m (genitive singular banróin, nominative plural banrónta)

1. selkie

   Synonym: maighdean mhara

   • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:

     Tá Ben agus a Mham ag péinteáil pictiúr de bhanrónta, fathaigh agus sióga ar bhalla a sheomra leapa.

     [original: Ben and his Mum paint pictures of selkies, giants, and faeries on his bedroom wall.]

Declension

Declension of banrón

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative banrón banrónta Vocative a bhanróin a bhanrónta Genitive banróin banrónta Dative banrón banrónta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an banrón na banrónta Genitive an bhanróin na mbanrónta Dative leis an mbanrón don bhanrón leis na banrónta

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banrón	bhanrón	mbanrón
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.