buanfasach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From buanfas (“durability”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]buanfasach (genitive singular masculine buanfasaigh, genitive singular feminine buanfasaí, plural buanfasacha, comparative buanfasaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | buanfasach | bhuanfasach | buanfasacha; bhuanfasacha2 | |
| vocative | bhuanfasaigh | buanfasacha | ||
| genitive | buanfasaí | buanfasacha | buanfasach | |
| dative | buanfasach; bhuanfasach1 |
bhuanfasach; bhuanfasaigh (archaic) |
buanfasacha; bhuanfasacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos buanfasaí | |||
| Superlative | is buanfasaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| buanfasach | bhuanfasach | mbuanfasach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buanfasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buanfasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “buanfasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025