bunóc

See also: bún ốc

Irish

Alternative forms

• bunúc

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠʊˈn̪ˠoːk/

Noun

bunóc f (genitive singular bunóice, nominative plural bunóca) or
bunóc m (genitive singular bunóic, nominative plural bunóic)

1. infant, baby

   Synonyms: babaí, leanbh, leanbán, naíon, naíonán

Declension

As feminine second-declension noun:

Declension of bunóc (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bunóc bunóca vocative a bhunóc a bhunóca genitive bunóice bunóc dative bunóc bunóic (archaic, dialectal) bunóca forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhunóc na bunóca genitive na bunóice na mbunóc dative leis an mbunóc leis an mbunóic (archaic, dialectal) don bhunóc don bhunóic (archaic, dialectal) leis na bunóca

As masculine first-declension noun:

Declension of bunóc (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bunóc bunóic vocative a bhunóic a bhunóca genitive bunóic bunóc dative bunóc bunóic forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bunóc na bunóic genitive an bhunóic na mbunóc dative leis an mbunóc don bhunóc leis na bunóic

Mutation

Mutated forms of bunóc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bunóc	bhunóc	mbunóc

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) “bunóc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 101
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunóc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bunóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language