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basún

basún

See also: basun

Irish

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.

References

"basún" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.