bughach

Irish

Adjective

bughach (genitive singular masculine bughaigh, genitive singular feminine bughaí, plural bughacha, comparative bughaí)

1. Alternative form of búch (“hyacinth”)

Declension

Declension of bughach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bughach	bhughach	bughacha; bhughacha2
vocative	bhughaigh		bughacha
genitive		bughaí	bughacha	bughach
dative	bughach; bhughach1	bhughach; bhughaigh (archaic)	bughacha; bhughacha2
Comparative	níos bughaí
Superlative	is bughaí

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 bughach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bughach	bhughach	mbughach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bugha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN