flannbhuí
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From flann (“blood-red”) + buí (“yellow”).
Adjective edit
flannbhuí
- orange (colour)
- Is iad uaine, bán agus flannbhuí na dathanna atá ar bhratach na hÉireann.
- Green, white and orange are the colours on the Irish flag.
Declension edit
Declension of flannbhuí
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | flannbhuí | fhlannbhuí | flannbhuí; fhlannbhuí² | |
| Vocative | fhlannbhuí | flannbhuí | ||
| Genitive | flannbhuí | flannbhuí | flannbhuí | |
| Dative | flannbhuí; fhlannbhuí¹ |
fhlannbhuí | flannbhuí; fhlannbhuí² | |
| Comparative | níos flannbhuí | |||
| Superlative | is flannbhuí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| flannbhuí | fhlannbhuí | bhflannbhuí |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flannbhuí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “flannbhuí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- “orange”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024