Burmais

Irish

Etymology

From Burma +‎ -is (“-ish, -ese”, language suffix).

Proper noun

Burmais f (genitive Burmaise)

1. Burmese (language)

Declension

Declension of Burmais (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Burmais vocative a Bhurmais genitive Burmaise dative Burmais forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Bhurmais genitive na Burmaise dative leis an mBurmais don Bhurmais

Related terms

• Burmach (“Burman, Burmese”, adjective)
• Burmach m (“Burman, Burmese”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Burmais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Burmais	Bhurmais	mBurmais

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) “Burmais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Burmese”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024