bunscoil

Irish

Etymology

bun- (“basic”) +‎ scoil (“school”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊnˠˌsˠkɛlʲ/

Noun

bunscoil f (genitive singular bunscoile, nominative plural bunscoileanna)

1. primary school, elementary school

Declension

Declension of bunscoil (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bunscoil bunscoileanna vocative a bhunscoil a bhunscoileanna genitive bunscoile bunscoileanna dative bunscoil bunscoileanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhunscoil na bunscoileanna genitive na bunscoile na mbunscoileanna dative leis an mbunscoil don bhunscoil leis na bunscoileanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of bunscoil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bunscoil	bhunscoil	mbunscoil

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) “bunscoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN