Buircíne Fasó
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Burkina Faso, from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Proper noun[edit]
Buircíne Fasó m (genitive Bhuircíne Fasó)
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Buircíne Fasó | Bhuircíne Fasó | mBuircíne Fasó |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- “Burkina Faso”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024