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Bútánach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From An Bhútáin (Bhutan) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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Bútánach (genitive singular masculine Bútánaigh, genitive singular feminine Bútánaí, plural Bútánacha, not comparable)

  1. Bhutanese, Bhutani

Declension

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Declension of Bútánach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative Bútánach Bhútánach Bútánacha;
Bhútánacha2
vocative Bhútánaigh Bútánacha
genitive Bútánaí Bútánacha Bútánach
dative Bútánach;
Bhútánach1
Bhútánach;
Bhútánaigh (archaic)
Bútánacha;
Bhútánacha2
Comparative níos Bútánaí
Superlative is Bútánaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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Noun

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Bútánach m (genitive singular Bútánaigh, nominative plural Bútánaigh)

  1. Bhutanese person

Declension

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Declension of Bútán (first declension)
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an Bútán na Bútánaigh
genitive an Bhútánaigh na mBútán
dative leis an mBútán
don Bhútán
leis na Bútánaigh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of Bútánach
radical lenition eclipsis
Bútánach Bhútánach mBútánach

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

Further reading

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