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Definition 2024
bughach
bughach
Irish
Adjective
bughach (genitive singular masculine bughaigh, genitive singular feminine bughaí, plural bughacha, comparative bughaí)
- Alternative form of búch (“hyacinth”)
Declension
Declension of bughach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bughach | bughach¹ | bughacha³ | |
| Vocative | bughaigh¹ | bughach¹ | bughacha | |
| Genitive | bughaigh¹ | bughaí (obsolete) bughaighe |
bughacha | bughach |
| Dative | bughach² | bughach¹ (archaic) bughaigh¹ |
bughacha³ | |
| Comparative | bughaí (obsolete) bughaighe |
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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 |
| bughach | bhughach | mbughach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "bugha" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.