buthach

Irish

Adjective

buthach (genitive singular masculine buthaigh, genitive singular feminine buthaí, plural buthacha, comparative buthaí)

1. Alternative form of búch (“hyacinth”)

Declension

Declension of buthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	buthach	bhuthach	buthacha; bhuthacha2
vocative	bhuthaigh		buthacha
genitive		buthaí	buthacha	buthach
dative	buthach; bhuthach1	bhuthach; bhuthaigh (archaic)	buthacha; bhuthacha2
Comparative	níos buthaí
Superlative	is buthaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of buthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buthach	bhuthach	mbuthach

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