buaic
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish búaic (“top, summit”).
Noun
buaic f (genitive singular buaice, nominative plural buaiceanna)
Declension
Declension of bóc
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- buaic na spéire (“zenith”)
- buaic réalta (“meridian of star”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
buaic | bhuaic | mbuaic |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buaic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “buaic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024