buannacht

Irish

Etymology

From buanna (“billeted soldier”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

buannacht f (genitive singular buannachta)

1. (historical) billeting, free quartering of soldiers
2. (historical) billeting tax
3. squatter's claim

Declension

Declension of buannacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative buannacht Vocative a bhuannacht Genitive buannachta Dative buannacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhuannacht Genitive na buannachta Dative leis an mbuannacht don bhuannacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buannacht	bhuannacht	mbuannacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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