buaf

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bufa, from Latin būfō. Cognate with Manx beayf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠuəfˠ/

Noun

buaf f (genitive singular buaife, nominative plural buafa)

1. toad

Declension

Declension of buaf

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative buaf buafa Vocative a bhuaf a bhuafa Genitive buaife buaf Dative buaf buaif (archaic, dialectal) buafa

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhuaf na buafa Genitive na buaife na mbuaf Dative leis an mbuaf leis an mbuaif (archaic, dialectal) don bhuaf don bhuaif (archaic, dialectal) leis na buafa

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buaf	bhuaf	mbuaf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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