bunuimhir

Irish

Etymology

From bun- (“basic, fundamental, primary, ultimate, original, base, elementary”) +‎ uimhir (“number”).

Noun

bunuimhir f (genitive singular bunuimhreach, nominative plural bunuimhreacha)

1. (grammar, mathematics) cardinal number
2. (mathematics) radix

Declension

Declension of bunuimhir

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bunuimhir bunuimhreacha Vocative a bhunuimhir a bhunuimhreacha Genitive bunuimhreach bunuimhreacha Dative bunuimhir bunuimhreacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhunuimhir na bunuimhreacha Genitive na bunuimhreach na mbunuimhreacha Dative leis an mbunuimhir don bhunuimhir leis na bunuimhreacha

Derived terms

• bunuimhreacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bunuimhir	bhunuimhir	mbunuimhir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunuimhir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “cardinal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024