bundúchasach

Irish

Etymology

From bun- +‎ dúchasach (“native, inhabitant; native, indigenous”).

Adjective

bundúchasach (genitive singular masculine bundúchasaigh, genitive singular feminine bundúchasaí, plural bundúchasacha)

1. aboriginal

Declension

Declension of bundúchasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bundúchasach	bhundúchasach	bundúchasacha; bhundúchasacha2
vocative	bhundúchasaigh		bundúchasacha
genitive		bundúchasaí	bundúchasacha	bundúchasach
dative	bundúchasach; bhundúchasach1	bhundúchasach; bhundúchasaigh (archaic)	bundúchasacha; bhundúchasacha2
Comparative	níos bundúchasaí
Superlative	is bundúchasaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

bundúchasach m (genitive singular bundúchasaigh, nominative plural bundúchasaigh)

1. aborigine

Declension

Declension of bundúchasach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bundúchasach bundúchasaigh vocative a bhundúchasaigh a bhundúchasacha genitive bundúchasaigh bundúchasach dative bundúchasach bundúchasaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bundúchasach na bundúchasaigh genitive an bhundúchasaigh na mbundúchasach dative leis an mbundúchasach don bhundúchasach leis na bundúchasaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of bundúchasach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bundúchasach	bhundúchasach	mbundúchasach

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) “bundúchasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “bundúchasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024