murnán

See also: murnan

Irish

Alternative forms

• mudharlán, mudhornan, mudhurlán, mugharlán, múrnán (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish mudorn +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠuːɾˠˈn̪ˠaːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠuːɾˠn̪ˠaːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠuːɾˠn̪ˠanˠ/

Noun

murnán m (genitive singular murnáin, nominative plural murnáin)

1. ankle

   Synonyms: alt na coise, caol na coise, rúitín

Declension

Declension of murnán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative murnán murnáin Vocative a mhurnáin a mhurnána Genitive murnáin murnán Dative murnán murnáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an murnán na murnáin Genitive an mhurnáin na murnán Dative leis an murnán don mhurnán leis na murnáin

Derived terms

• bráisléad murnáin (“anklet”)
• cnámh murnáin (“ankle-bone”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
murnán	mhurnán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “murnán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “murnán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mudornán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “muḋarlán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 499
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “muġarlán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “murnán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “murnán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024