buanfasach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From buanfas (“durability”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]buanfasach (genitive singular masculine buanfasaigh, genitive singular feminine buanfasaí, plural buanfasacha, comparative buanfasaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of buanfasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | buanfasach | bhuanfasach | buanfasacha; bhuanfasacha² | |
| Vocative | bhuanfasaigh | buanfasacha | ||
| Genitive | buanfasaí | buanfasacha | buanfasach | |
| Dative | buanfasach; bhuanfasach¹ |
bhuanfasach; bhuanfasaigh (archaic) |
buanfasacha; bhuanfasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos buanfasaí | |||
| Superlative | is buanfasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buanfasach | bhuanfasach | mbuanfasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buanfasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buanfasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “buanfasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024