bunuimhir

Irish

Etymology

From bun- (“basic, fundamental, primary, ultimate, original, base, elementary”) +‎ uimhir (“number”).

Noun

bunuimhir f (genitive singular bunuimhreach, nominative plural bunuimhreacha)

1. (grammar, mathematics) cardinal number
2. (mathematics) radix

Declension

Declension of bunuimhir (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bunuimhir bunuimhreacha vocative a bhunuimhir a bhunuimhreacha genitive bunuimhreach bunuimhreacha dative bunuimhir bunuimhreacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhunuimhir na bunuimhreacha genitive na bunuimhreach na mbunuimhreacha dative leis an mbunuimhir don bhunuimhir leis na bunuimhreacha

Derived terms

• bunuimhreacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of bunuimhir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bunuimhir	bhunuimhir	mbunuimhir

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