flannbhuí
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From flann (“blood-red”) + buí (“yellow”).
Adjective
[edit]flannbhuí
- orange (colour)
- Is iad uaine, bán agus flannbhuí na dathanna atá ar bhratach na hÉireann.
- Green, white and orange are the colours on the Irish flag.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | flannbhuí | fhlannbhuí | flannbhuí; fhlannbhuí2 | |
| vocative | fhlannbhuí | flannbhuí | ||
| genitive | flannbhuí | flannbhuí | flannbhuí | |
| dative | flannbhuí; fhlannbhuí1 |
fhlannbhuí | flannbhuí; fhlannbhuí2 | |
| Comparative | níos flannbhuí | |||
| Superlative | is flannbhuí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| flannbhuí | fhlannbhuí | bhflannbhuí |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flannbhuí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “flannbhuí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “orange”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024