buthach
Irish
Adjective
buthach (genitive singular masculine buthaigh, genitive singular feminine buthaí, plural buthacha, comparative buthaí)
- Alternative form of búch (“hyacinth”)
Declension
Declension of buthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | buthach | bhuthach | buthacha; bhuthacha² | |
| Vocative | bhuthaigh | buthacha | ||
| Genitive | buthaí | buthacha | buthach | |
| Dative | buthach; bhuthach¹ |
bhuthach; bhuthaigh (archaic) |
buthacha; bhuthacha² | |
| Comparative | níos buthaí | |||
| Superlative | is buthaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “butha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN