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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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