osbhuí

Irish

Etymology

From os (“deer”) +‎ buí (“yellow”).

Adjective

osbhuí

1. fawn (having fawn as its colour)

   Synonym: buídhonn

Noun

osbhuí m (genitive singular osbhuí, nominative plural osbhuíonna)

1. fawn (color)

Declension

Declension of osbhuí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative osbhuí osbhuíonna Vocative a osbhuí a osbhuíonna Genitive osbhuí osbhuíonna Dative osbhuí osbhuíonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-osbhuí na hosbhuíonna Genitive an osbhuí na n-osbhuíonna Dative leis an osbhuí don osbhuí leis na hosbhuíonna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
osbhuí	n-osbhuí	hosbhuí	t-osbhuí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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