donnbhuí

Irish

Etymology

From donn- (“brownish”) +‎ buí (“yellow”).

Adjective

donnbhuí

1. yellowish brown
2. fallow, biscuit(-coloured).

Declension

Declension of donnbhuí

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	donnbhuí	dhonnbhuí	donnbhuí; dhonnbhuí2
vocative	dhonnbhuí		donnbhuí
genitive		donnbhuí	strong noun	weak noun
			donnbhuí	donnbhuí
dative	donnbhuí; dhonnbhuí1	dhonnbhuí	donnbhuí; dhonnbhuí2
Comparative	níos donnbhuí
Superlative	is donnbhuí

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 donnbhuí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
donnbhuí	dhonnbhuí	ndonnbhuí

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) “donnbhuí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “donnbhuí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “donnbhuí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025