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búch
búch
Irish
Adjective
búch (genitive singular masculine búch, genitive singular feminine búiche, plural búcha, comparative búiche)
Etymology 2
From bú (“hyacinth”, noun) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
búch (genitive singular masculine búch, genitive singular feminine búiche, plural búcha, comparative búiche)
- (of colour) hyacinth
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Synonyms
Declension
Declension of búch
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | búch | búch¹ | búcha³ | |
| Vocative | búch¹ | búch¹ | búcha | |
| Genitive | búch¹ | búiche | búcha | búch |
| Dative | búch² | búch¹ | búcha³ | |
| Comparative | búiche | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| búch | bhúch | mbúch |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "búch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.