Boisniach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From An Bhoisnia (“Bosnia”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]Boisniach (genitive singular masculine Boisniaigh, genitive singular feminine Boisniaiche, plural Boisniacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | Boisniach | Bhoisniach | Boisniacha; Bhoisniacha2 | |
vocative | Bhoisniaigh | Boisniacha | ||
genitive | Boisniaiche | Boisniacha | Boisniach | |
dative | Boisniach; Bhoisniach1 |
Bhoisniach; Bhoisniaigh (archaic) |
Boisniacha; Bhoisniacha2 | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]Boisniach m (genitive singular Boisniaigh, nominative plural Boisniaigh)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Boisniach | Bhoisniach | mBoisniach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- “Boisniach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024