Bantúch

Irish

Etymology

From English Bantu + -ach, ultimately from Proto-Bantu *bantʊ.

Adjective

Bantúch (genitive singular masculine Bantúigh, genitive singular feminine Bantúiche, plural Bantúcha, not comparable)

1. Bantu

Declension

Declension of Bantúch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Bantúch	Bhantúch	Bantúcha; Bhantúcha²
Vocative	Bhantúch		Bantúcha
Genitive		Bantúiche	Bantúcha	Bantúch
Dative	Bantúch; Bhantúch¹	Bhantúch	Bantúcha; Bhantúcha²
Comparative	níos no
Superlative	is no

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Bantúch m (genitive singular Bantúigh, nominative plural Bantúigh)

1. Bantu

Declension

Declension of Bantúch

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Bantúch Bantúigh Vocative a Bhantúigh a Bhantúcha Genitive Bantúigh Bantúch Dative Bantúch Bantúigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Bantúch na Bantúigh Genitive an Bhantúigh na mBantúch Dative leis an mBantúch don Bhantúch leis na Bantúigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Bantúch	Bhantúch	mBantúch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Bantúch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “Bantúch” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “Bantúch” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.