bunreacht

Irish

Etymology

From bun- (“basic, primary, elementary”) +‎ reacht (“law”).

Noun

bunreacht m (genitive singular bunreachta, nominative plural bunreachtanna)

1. (government, law) constitution (system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government; legal document describing such a formal system)

Declension

Declension of bunreacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bunreacht bunreachtanna vocative a bhunreacht a bhunreachtanna genitive bunreachta bunreachtanna dative bunreacht bunreachtanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bunreacht na bunreachtanna genitive an bhunreachta na mbunreachtanna dative leis an mbunreacht don bhunreacht leis na bunreachtanna

Derived terms

• bunreachtúil (“constitutional”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bunreacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bunreacht	bhunreacht	mbunreacht

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunreacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bunreacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bunreacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024