buíochas

Irish

Alternative forms

• buidheachas (archaic)
• baochas (Munster)

Etymology

From Old Irish buídechus (compare Scottish Gaelic buidheachas). By surface analysis, buíoch +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠeːxəsˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠiːxəsˠ/, /ˈbˠiəxəsˠ/

Noun

buíochas m (genitive singular buíochais)

1. thanks, gratitude

   Tá buíochas agam ort.

   I am grateful to you.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61:

     fuəŕədr̥ bŭīxəs mōr ō n ńūšcīš fȳ n īnəšə jīŕəx, ə rińə šiəd.

     [Fuaradar buíochas mór ón ngiúistís faoin fhianaise dhíreach a rinne siad.]

     They got great thanks from the magistrate for the straightforward testimony they gave.

Declension

Declension of buíochas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative buíochas Vocative a bhuíochais Genitive buíochais Dative buíochas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an buíochas Genitive an bhuíochais Dative leis an mbuíochas don bhuíochas

Derived terms

• buíochasaigh (“thank”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buíochas	bhuíochas	mbuíochas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buíochas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN