buídhonn

Irish

Etymology

From buí (“yellow”) +‎ donn (“brown”).

Adjective

buídhonn (genitive singular masculine buídhoinn, genitive singular feminine buídhoinne, plural buídhonna, comparative buídhoinne)

1. fawn-colored

   Synonym: osbhuí

Declension

Declension of buídhonn

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	buídhonn	bhuídhonn	buídhonna; bhuídhonna2
vocative	bhuídhoinn		buídhonna
genitive		buídhonne	strong noun	weak noun
			buídhonna	buídhonn
dative	buídhonn; bhuídhonn1	bhuídhonn; bhuídhoinn (archaic)	buídhonna; bhuídhonna2
Comparative	níos buídhonne
Superlative	is buídhonne

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of buídhonn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buídhonn	bhuídhonn	mbuídhonn

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) “buídhonn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buídhonn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “buídhonn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025