osbhuí

Irish

Etymology

From os (“deer”) +‎ buí (“yellow”).

Adjective

osbhuí

1. fawn (having fawn as its colour)

   Synonym: buídhonn

Noun

osbhuí m (genitive singular osbhuí, nominative plural osbhuíonna)

1. fawn (color)

Declension

Declension of osbhuí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative osbhuí osbhuíonna vocative a osbhuí a osbhuíonna genitive osbhuí osbhuíonna dative osbhuí osbhuíonna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-osbhuí na hosbhuíonna genitive an osbhuí na n-osbhuíonna dative leis an osbhuí don osbhuí leis na hosbhuíonna

Mutation

Mutated forms of osbhuí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
osbhuí	n-osbhuí	hosbhuí	t-osbhuí

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) “osbhuí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “osbhuí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “osbhuí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024