buíochas

Irish

Alternative forms

• buidheachas (archaic)
• baochas (Munster)

Etymology

From Old Irish buídechus (compare Scottish Gaelic buidheachas). By surface analysis, buíoch +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠeːxəsˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠiːxəsˠ/, /ˈbˠiəxəsˠ/

Noun

buíochas m (genitive singular buíochais)

1. thanks, gratitude

   Tá buíochas agam ort.

   I am grateful to you.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61:

     fuəŕədr̥ bŭīxəs mōr ō n ńūšcīš fȳ n īnəšə jīŕəx, ə rińə šiəd.

     [Fuaradar buíochas mór ón ngiúistís faoin fhianaise dhíreach a rinne siad.]

     They got great thanks from the magistrate for the straightforward testimony they gave.

Declension

Declension of buíochas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative buíochas vocative a bhuíochais genitive buíochais dative buíochas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an buíochas genitive an bhuíochais dative leis an mbuíochas don bhuíochas

Derived terms

• buíochasaigh (“thank”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of buíochas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buíochas	bhuíochas	mbuíochas

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) “buíochas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN