Búcairist

Irish

Etymology

From Romanian București, from Bucur (personal name) + -ești (patronymic, personal name suffix).

Proper noun

Búcairist f (genitive Bhúcairist)

1. Bucharest (the capital city of Romania)

Related terms

• An Rómáin (“Romania”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Búcairist

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Búcairist	Bhúcairist	mBúcairist

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “Bucharest”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025