"bun" meaning in Old Irish

See bun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbun/
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn. Etymology templates: {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*bonus}} Proto-Celtic *bonus, {{cog|cy|bôn}} Welsh bôn Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|bona|||||||nominative plural|bonai||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai), {{sga-noun|m|bona|bonai}} bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-u|bon|g=m}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=bun+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=bonu|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=bun+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=u-m|dat_du=bonaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=bonaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=bun+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=bono+L|gen_du2=bona+L|gen_du3=|gen_du4=|gen_pl=bonae+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=bono+H|gen_sg2=bona+H|gen_sg3=|gen_sg4=|n=|nom_du=bun+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=bonae+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_pl4=|nom_sg=bun|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=bun+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=bonu|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=bun|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: bona [genitive], bonai [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bun [nominative, singular], bun [dual, nominative], bonae [nominative, plural], bun [singular, vocative], bun [dual, vocative], bonu [plural, vocative], bun [accusative, singular], bun [accusative, dual], bonu [accusative, plural], bono [genitive, singular], bona [genitive, singular], bono [dual, genitive], bona [dual, genitive], bonae [genitive, plural], bun [dative, singular], bonaib [dative, dual], bonaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bun [mutation, mutation-radical], bun [lenition, mutation], mbun [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
  1. base Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bun-sga-noun-yuZiFy~U Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25
  2. bottom Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bun-sga-noun-vpt2B-Bw Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25
  3. butt Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bun-sga-noun-uqnBUweR Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25
  4. end Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bun-sga-noun-Nh5I0DCP Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bunad

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "bun"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "bun"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "bun"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*bonus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *bonus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "bôn"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh bôn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bona",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonai",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-u",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bono",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bona",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bono",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bona",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "bonai",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "bona",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "bona",
        "3": "bonai"
      },
      "expansion": "bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bon",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-u"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "bun+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "bonu",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "bun+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "u-m",
        "dat_du": "bonaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "bonaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "bun+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "bono+L",
        "gen_du2": "bona+L",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_du4": "",
        "gen_pl": "bonae+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "bono+H",
        "gen_sg2": "bona+H",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "gen_sg4": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "bun+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "bonae+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_pl4": "",
        "nom_sg": "bun",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "bun+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "bonu",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "bun",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bunad"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "base"
      ],
      "id": "en-bun-sga-noun-yuZiFy~U",
      "links": [
        [
          "base",
          "base"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bottom"
      ],
      "id": "en-bun-sga-noun-vpt2B-Bw",
      "links": [
        [
          "bottom",
          "bottom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "butt"
      ],
      "id": "en-bun-sga-noun-uqnBUweR",
      "links": [
        [
          "butt",
          "butt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "end"
      ],
      "id": "en-bun-sga-noun-Nh5I0DCP",
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbun/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bun"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish masculine nouns",
    "Old Irish masculine u-stem nouns",
    "Old Irish nouns",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 27 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "bun"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "bun"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "bun"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*bonus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *bonus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "bôn"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh bôn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bona",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonai",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-u",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bono",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bona",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bono",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bona",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bonaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "bonai",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "bona",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "bona",
        "3": "bonai"
      },
      "expansion": "bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bon",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-u"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "bun+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "bonu",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "bun+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "u-m",
        "dat_du": "bonaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "bonaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "bun+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "bono+L",
        "gen_du2": "bona+L",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_du4": "",
        "gen_pl": "bonae+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "bono+H",
        "gen_sg2": "bona+H",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "gen_sg4": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "bun+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "bonae+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_pl4": "",
        "nom_sg": "bun",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "bun+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "bonu",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "bun",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bunad"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "base"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "base",
          "base"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bottom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bottom",
          "bottom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "butt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "butt",
          "butt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "end"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbun/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bun"
}

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    "bun"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bun",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.