buachaill mór

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “the big boy”.

Noun

an buachaill mór m (genitive singular an bhuachalla mhóir, nominative plural na buachaillí móra)

1. (card games) joker

   Synonym: fear na gcrúb

Declension

Declension of buachaill mór

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative buachaill mór buachaillí móra Vocative a bhuachaill mhóir a bhuachaillí móra Genitive buachalla mhóir buachaillí móra Dative buachaill mór buachaillí móra

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an buachaill mór na buachaillí móra Genitive an bhuachalla mhóir na mbuachaillí móra Dative leis an mbuachaill mhór don bhuachaill mhór leis na buachaillí móra

See also

Playing cards in Irish · cártaí imeartha (layout · text)
aon	dó	trí	ceathair	cúig	sé	seacht
ocht	naoi	deich	cuireata	banríon	rí	fear na gcrúb, buachaill mór

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buachaill mór	bhuachaill mór	mbuachaill mór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buachaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN