dún – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of dún

Noun: dún

Gender: Masc

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativedún
Singular Genitivedúin
Plural Nominativedúnta
Plural Genitivedúnta

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean dún
Singular Genitivean dúin
Plural Nominativena dúnta
Plural Genitivena ndúnta

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like dún

aon, braon, bán, cuan, duan, dán, dún, fuaimrian, ionraon, lón, meon, raon, rian, ráillrian, rón, srian, trian, uiscerian,

Etymology

From Old Irish dún, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).

Verbs referencing "dún"

English Nouns town.

Translations

  • close, obstruct (an opening)
  • close, move (a door)
  • shut, (transitive) to close