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Definition 2024
buthach
buthach
Irish
Adjective
buthach (genitive singular masculine buthaigh, genitive singular feminine buthaí, plural buthacha, comparative buthaí)
- Alternative form of búch (“hyacinth”)
Declension
Declension of buthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | buthach | buthach¹ | buthacha³ | |
| Vocative | buthaigh¹ | buthach¹ | buthacha | |
| Genitive | buthaigh¹ | buthaí (obsolete) buthaighe |
buthacha | buthach |
| Dative | buthach² | buthach¹ (archaic) buthaigh¹ |
buthacha³ | |
| Comparative | buthaí (obsolete) buthaighe |
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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 |
| buthach | bhuthach | mbuthach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "butha" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.