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buaine

buaine

Irish

Noun

buaine f ‎(genitive singular buaine)

permanence, durability; longevity

Declension

Declension of buaine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	buaine
Vocative	a bhuaine
Genitive	buaine
Dative	buaine

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an bhuaine
Genitive	na buaine
Dative	leis an mbuaine don bhuaine

Alternative forms

buaineacht f
buaineadas m
buaineas m

Etymology 2

Adjective

buaine

genitive singular feminine of buan
comparative degree of buan

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buaine	bhuaine	mbuaine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"buaine" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“búaine” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.