Bantúch

Irish

Etymology

From English Bantu + -ach, ultimately from Proto-Bantu *bantʊ.

Adjective

Bantúch (genitive singular masculine Bantúigh, genitive singular feminine Bantúiche, plural Bantúcha, not comparable)

1. Bantu

Declension

Declension of Bantúch

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Bantúch	Bhantúch	Bantúcha; Bhantúcha2
vocative	Bhantúch		Bantúcha
genitive		Bantúiche	Bantúcha	Bantúch
dative	Bantúch; Bhantúch1	Bhantúch	Bantúcha; Bhantúcha2
Comparative	níos no
Superlative	is no

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

Noun

Bantúch m (genitive singular Bantúigh, nominative plural Bantúigh)

1. Bantu

Declension

Declension of Bantúch (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Bantúch Bantúigh vocative a Bhantúigh a Bhantúcha genitive Bantúigh Bantúch dative Bantúch Bantúigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Bantúch na Bantúigh genitive an Bhantúigh na mBantúch dative leis an mBantúch don Bhantúch leis na Bantúigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bantúch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Bantúch	Bhantúch	mBantúch

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

Further reading

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