bonnán buí

== Irish == === Alternative forms === buinneán buí === Etymology === Literally, “yellow bittern”; however, it is unlikely to refer to the bird known in English as the yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis), which is native to Central and East Asia and unknown in Ireland. Dictionaries gloss bonnán buí (and bonnán léana (literally “water-meadow bittern”)) simply as “bittern”, but it probably refers specifically to the common, Eurasian or great bittern (Botaurus stellaris), which was common in Ireland until the mid-19th century. === Pronunciation === (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲanˠ ˈbˠiː/, /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲan̪ˠ ˈbˠiː/ (corresponding to the form buinneán buí) === Noun === bonnán buí m (genitive singular bonnáin bhuí, nominative plural bonnáin bhuí) bittern ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “bonnán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 110; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bonnán buí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN “bonnán buí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026