bughach
Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bughach (genitive singular masculine bughaigh, genitive singular feminine bughaí, plural bughacha, comparative bughaí)
- Alternative form of búch (“hyacinth”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bughach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bughach | bhughach | bughacha; bhughacha² | |
| Vocative | bhughaigh | bughacha | ||
| Genitive | bughaí | bughacha | bughach | |
| Dative | bughach; bhughach¹ |
bhughach; bhughaigh (archaic) |
bughacha; bhughacha² | |
| Comparative | níos bughaí | |||
| Superlative | is bughaí | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bughach | bhughach | mbughach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bugha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN