bunúil

Irish

Etymology

From bun +‎ -úil.

Adjective

bunúil (genitive singular masculine bunúil, genitive singular feminine bunúla, plural bunúla, comparative bunúla)

1. well-founded
2. substantial; well-to-do
3. original

Declension

Declension of bunúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bunúil	bhunúil	bunúla; bhunúla2
vocative	bhunúil		bunúla
genitive		bunúla	bunúla	bunúil
dative	bunúil; bhunúil1	bhunúil	bunúla; bhunúla2
Comparative	níos bunúla
Superlative	is bunúla

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 bunúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bunúil	bhunúil	mbunúil

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

Further reading

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