Buircíne Fasó
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom English Burkina Faso, from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.
Proper noun
editBuircíne Fasó m (genitive Bhuircíne Fasó)
- Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Buircíne Fasó | Bhuircíne Fasó | mBuircíne Fasó |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- “Burkina Faso”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024