Búcairist

Irish

Etymology

From Romanian București, from Bucur (personal name) + -ești (patronymic, personal name suffix).

Proper noun

Búcairist f (genitive Bhúcairist)

1. Bucharest (the capital city of Romania)

Related terms

• An Rómáin (“Romania”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Búcairist	Bhúcairist	mBúcairist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Bucharest”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024