buíoch
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠeːx/, [bˠëːə̯x][1] (corresponding to the form baoch)
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /bˠiːx/
Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish buidech (“well-disposed, pleased, satisfied, sated, grateful, thankful”, adjective), from buide f (“good-will, favour, gratification, gratitude, thanks”) + -ech. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic buidheach and Manx booiagh.
Adjective
[edit]buíoch (genitive singular masculine buíoch, genitive singular feminine buíche, plural buíocha, comparative buíche)
- grateful, thankful
- Synonym: altaitheach
- pleased, satisfied
Declension
[edit]Declension of buíoch
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | buíoch | bhuíoch | buíocha; bhuíocha² | |
| Vocative | bhuíoch | buíocha | ||
| Genitive | buíche | buíocha | buíoch | |
| Dative | buíoch; bhuíoch¹ |
bhuíoch; bhuíoch (archaic) |
buíocha; bhuíocha² | |
| Comparative | níos buíche | |||
| Superlative | is buíche | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- buíoch beannachtach (“effusively grateful”, adjective)
- buíochas m (“thanks, gratitude”)
Related terms
[edit]- buíochasaigh (“thank”, verb)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]buíoch m (genitive singular buích)
- Alternative form of buíoc (“margarine”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of buíoch
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buíoch | bhuíoch | mbuíoch |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 buidech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buíoch”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61
- “buíoch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
References
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29