Búdaí

See also: budai, and búdaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From Búda (“Buddha”) +‎ -aí.

Noun

Búdaí m (genitive singular Búdaí, nominative plural Búdaithe)

1. Buddhist

Declension

Declension of Búdaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative Búdaí Búdaithe Vocative a Bhúdaí a Bhúdaithe Genitive Búdaí Búdaithe Dative Búdaí Búdaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an Búdaí na Búdaithe Genitive an Bhúdaí na mBúdaithe Dative leis an mBúdaí don Bhúdaí leis na Búdaithe

Derived terms

• Búdaíoch (“Buddhist”, adjective)

Related terms

• Búdachas m (“Buddhism”)
• búda m (“buddha”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

Búdaí m pl

1. plural of Búda

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Búdaí	Bhúdaí	mBúdaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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