bútarach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βούτῡρος (boútūros, “butter”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuːt̪ˠəɾˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuːt̪ˠəɾˠa(x)/

Adjective

bútarach (genitive singular masculine bútaraigh, genitive singular feminine bútaraí, plural bútaracha, comparative bútaraí)

1. (organic chemistry) butyric

Declension

Declension of bútarach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bútarach	bhútarach	bútaracha; bhútaracha²
Vocative	bhútaraigh		bútaracha
Genitive		bútaraí	bútaracha	bútarach
Dative	bútarach; bhútarach¹	bhútarach; bhútaraigh (archaic)	bútaracha; bhútaracha²
Comparative	níos bútaraí
Superlative	is bútaraí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bútarach	bhútarach	mbútarach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bútarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN