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fort in Irish

dún

fort

Additional definitions

  • residence
  • promontory fort
  • place of refuge

See it in use

Irish · English

Dún an doras! Tá siorradh anseo!

Shut the door! There is a draught here!A1

Dún do chlab.

Shut your trap.A1

Dún do bhéal!

Shut your mounth!A1

Dún an fhuinneog, le do thoil.

Close the window, please.B1

Thiomáin siad ó Bhéal Feirste go Dún na nGall.

They drove from Belfast to Donegal.B1

A little grammar Optional, but useful

You may also meet these forms of dún in a sentence.

Base form
dún
Séimhiú
dhún
Urú
ndún
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