bunúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bunúil (genitive singular masculine bunúil, genitive singular feminine bunúla, plural bunúla, comparative bunúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bunúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bunúil | bhunúil | bunúla; bhunúla² | |
Vocative | bhunúil | bunúla | ||
Genitive | bunúla | bunúla | bunúil | |
Dative | bunúil; bhunúil¹ |
bhunúil | bunúla; bhunúla² | |
Comparative | níos bunúla | |||
Superlative | is bunúla |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bunúil | bhunúil | mbunúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN