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)

1. (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