buídhonn

Irish

Etymology

From buí (“yellow”) +‎ donn (“brown”).

Adjective

buídhonn (genitive singular masculine buídhoinn, genitive singular feminine buídhoinne, plural buídhonna, comparative buídhoinne)

1. fawn-colored

   Synonym: osbhuí

Declension

Declension of buídhonn

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	buídhonn	bhuídhonn	buídhonna; bhuídhonna²
Vocative	bhuídhoinn		buídhonna
Genitive		buídhonne	buídhonna	buídhonn
Dative	buídhonn; bhuídhonn¹	bhuídhonn; bhuídhoinn (archaic)	buídhonna; bhuídhonna²
Comparative	níos buídhonne
Superlative	is buídhonne

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
buídhonn	bhuídhonn	mbuídhonn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buídhonn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buídhonn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “buídhonn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024