bunata
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]bunata
Declension
[edit]Declension of bunata
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bunata | bhunata | bunata; bhunata² | |
| Vocative | bhunata | bunata | ||
| Genitive | bunata | bunata | bunata | |
| Dative | bunata; bhunata¹ |
bhunata | bunata; bhunata² | |
| Comparative | níos bunata | |||
| Superlative | is bunata | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- aonbhunata (“monobasic”, adjective)
- bunatacht f (“basicity”)
Related terms
[edit]- bun m (“base; foundation”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bunata | bhunata | mbunata |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bunata”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bunata”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024