buairthín

Irish

Alternative forms

• buairichín, buairín

Etymology

From buarach +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɛɾʲhinʲ/ (as if spelled boirthín)

Noun

buairthín m (genitive singular buairthín, nominative plural buairthíní)

1. diminutive of buarach (“spancel”)

Declension

Declension of buairthín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative buairthín buairthíní vocative a bhuairthín a bhuairthíní genitive buairthín buairthíní dative buairthín buairthíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an buairthín na buairthíní genitive an bhuairthín na mbuairthíní dative leis an mbuairthín don bhuairthín leis na buairthíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of buairthín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buairthín	bhuairthín	mbuairthín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “buairthín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buairichín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buairthín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm