búch
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
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Adjective
[edit]búch (genitive singular masculine búch, genitive singular feminine búiche, plural búcha, comparative búiche)
Etymology 2
[edit]From bú (“hyacinth”, noun) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]búch (genitive singular masculine búch, genitive singular feminine búiche, plural búcha, comparative búiche)
- hyacinth (of colour)
- Synonym: iasainteach
Alternative forms
[edit]Declension
[edit]Declension of búch
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | búch | bhúch | búcha; bhúcha² | |
Vocative | bhúch | búcha | ||
Genitive | búiche | búcha | búch | |
Dative | búch; bhúch¹ |
bhúch | búcha; bhúcha² | |
Comparative | níos búiche | |||
Superlative | is búiche |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
búch | bhúch | mbúch |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “búch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN