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buinneach
buinneach
Irish
Alternative forms
Noun
buinneach f (genitive singular buinní)
Declension
Declension of buinneach
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- scaoing (in animals)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish buinnech (“gushing, flowing”); synchronically, buinne (“torrent, spout”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
buinneach (genitive singular masculine buinnigh, genitive singular feminine buinní, plural buinneacha)
- shooting, surging
- (medicine, of sore, etc.) discharging
Declension
Declension of buinneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | buinneach | buinneach¹ | buinneacha³ | |
| Vocative | buinnigh¹ | buinneach¹ | buinneacha | |
| Genitive | buinnigh¹ | buinní (obsolete) buinnighe |
buinneacha | buinneach |
| Dative | buinneach² | buinneach¹ (archaic) buinnigh¹ |
buinneacha³ | |
| Comparative | buinní (obsolete) buinnighe |
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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 | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buinneach | bhuinneach | mbuinneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "buinneach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 buinnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 buinnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.
Noun
a' bhuinneach f (genitive singular buinnich)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “2 buinnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.