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bolgán

bolgán

See also: bolgan

Irish

Noun

bolgán m ‎(genitive singular bolgáin, nominative plural bolgáin)

diminutive of bolg
bubble
(electricity) light bulb
(of fish) swim bladder

Declension

Declension of bolgán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bolgán	bolgáin
Vocative	a bholgáin	a bholgána
Genitive	bolgáin	bolgán
Dative	bolgán	bolgáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bolgán	na bolgáin
Genitive	an bholgáin	na mbolgán
Dative	leis an mbolgán don bholgán	leis na bolgáin

Derived terms

bolgán béice ‎(“puff-ball; windbag”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bolgán	bholgán	mbolgán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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