bunóc

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bunóc	bhunóc	mbunóc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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