See also: buíocán

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From buí (yellow) +‎ -ach + -án.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buíochán m (genitive singular buíocháin, nominative plural buíocháin)

  1. (pathology, usually in the plural) jaundice

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buíochán bhuíochán mbuíochán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33

Further reading edit