basún

See also: basun and básún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bassoon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bˠaˈsˠuːnˠ]

Noun

basún m (genitive singular basúin, nominative plural basúin)

(music) bassoon

Declension

Declension of basún

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	basún	basúin
Vocative	a bhasúin	a bhasúna
Genitive	basúin	basún
Dative	basún	basúin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an basún	na basúin
Genitive	an bhasúin	na mbasún
Dative	leis an mbasún don bhasún	leis na basúin

Derived terms

ollbhasún (“contrabassoon, double bassoon”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
basún	bhasún	mbasún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “basún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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