bunreacht

Irish

Etymology

From bun- (“basic, primary, elementary”) +‎ reacht (“law”).

Noun

bunreacht m (genitive singular bunreachta, nominative plural bunreachtanna)

1. (government, law) constitution (system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government; legal document describing such a formal system)

Declension

Declension of bunreacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bunreacht bunreachtanna Vocative a bhunreacht a bhunreachtanna Genitive bunreachta bunreachtanna Dative bunreacht bunreachtanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bunreacht na bunreachtanna Genitive an bhunreachta na mbunreachtanna Dative leis an mbunreacht don bhunreacht leis na bunreachtanna

Derived terms

• bunreachtúil (“constitutional”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bunreacht	bhunreacht	mbunreacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunreacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bunreacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bunreacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024