bútarach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βούτῡρος (boútūros, “butter”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuːt̪ˠəɾˠəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuːt̪ˠəɾˠa(x)/

Adjective

bútarach (genitive singular masculine bútaraigh, genitive singular feminine bútaraí, plural bútaracha, comparative bútaraí)

(organic chemistry) butyric

Declension

Declension of bútarach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	bútarach	bhútarach	bútaracha; bhútaracha²
Vocative	bhútaraigh	bhútarach	bútaracha
Genitive	bhútaraigh	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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bútarach	bhútarach	mbútarach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.