bútarach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek βούτῡρος (boútūros, “butter”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbútarach (genitive singular masculine bútaraigh, genitive singular feminine bútaraí, plural bútaracha, comparative bútaraí)
Declension
editDeclension of bútarach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bútarach | bhútarach | bútaracha; bhútaracha² | |
Vocative | bhútaraigh | bútaracha | ||
Genitive | bútaraí | bútaracha | bútarach | |
Dative | bútarach; bhútarach¹ |
bhútarach; bhútaraigh (archaic) |
bútaracha; bhútaracha² | |
Comparative | níos bútaraí | |||
Superlative | is bútaraí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bútarach | bhútarach | mbútarach |
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) “bútarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN