búda

See also: buda, bùdà, Buda, and Búda

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha).

Noun

búda m (genitive singular búda, nominative plural búdaí)

1. buddha

Declension

Declension of búda

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative búda búdaí Vocative a bhúda a bhúdaí Genitive búda búdaí Dative búda búdaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an búda na búdaí Genitive an bhúda na mbúdaí Dative leis an mbúda don bhúda leis na búdaí

Derived terms

• An Búda (“the Buddha”)
• Búdachas m (“Buddhism”)
• Búdaíoch (“Buddhist”, adjective)
• Búdaí m (“Buddhist”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
búda	bhúda	mbúda
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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