Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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búain f (genitive búana)

  1. verbal noun of bongaid

Inflection

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Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative búain búainL búainiH
Vocative búain búainL búainiH
Accusative búainN búainL búainiH
Genitive búanoH, búanaH búanoH, búanaH búaineN
Dative búainL búainib búainib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
búain búain
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbúain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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