bunábhar
Irish
Etymology
From bun- (“basic, fundamental, original, elementary”) + ábhar (“matter, material”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
bunábhar m (genitive singular bunábhair, nominative plural bunábhair)
- raw material, staple, feedstock
- basic subject (in school, etc.)
- (of literary work) substance, main outlines
Declension
Declension of bunábhar
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (raw material): amhábhar
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bunábhar | bhunábhar | mbunábhar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunábhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “feedstock”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024