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bútarach
bútarach
Irish
Adjective
bútarach (genitive singular masculine bútaraigh, genitive singular feminine bútaraí, plural bútaracha, comparative bútaraí)
- (organic chemistry) butyric
Declension
Declension of bútarach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bútarach | bútarach¹ | bútaracha³ | |
| Vocative | bútaraigh¹ | bútarach¹ | bútaracha | |
| Genitive | bútaraigh¹ | bútaraí (obsolete) bútaraighe |
bútaracha | bútarach |
| Dative | bútarach² | bútarach¹ (archaic) bútaraigh¹ |
bútaracha³ | |
| Comparative | bútaraí (obsolete) bútaraighe |
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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 |
| bútarach | bhútarach | mbútarach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "bútarach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.