urdhún

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airdún (place or building in front of a dún).

Noun

urdhún m (genitive singular urdhúin, nominative plural urdhúnta)

  1. (architecture) bastion

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
urdhún n-urdhún hurdhún t-urdhún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • airdún” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Further reading

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