buanfas

Irish

Alternative forms

• buancas, buanchas, buanmhas

Etymology

Apparently a back-formation from buanfasach as the latter is attested earlier.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuən̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuənˠfˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠiːnˠfˠəsˠ/, (older) /ˈbˠɯːnˠfˠəsˠ/

Noun

buanfas m (genitive singular buanfais)

1. durability

Declension

Declension of buanfas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative buanfas vocative a bhuanfais genitive buanfais dative buanfas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an buanfas genitive an bhuanfais dative leis an mbuanfas don bhuanfas

Derived terms

• buanfasach (“durable”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of buanfas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buanfas	bhuanfas	mbuanfas

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buanṁas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 97
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buanfas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN