buama

Irish

Alternative forms

• bomba

Etymology

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Noun

buama m (genitive singular buama, nominative plural buamaí)

1. bomb

Declension

Declension of buama

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative buama buamaí Vocative a bhuama a bhuamaí Genitive buama buamaí Dative buama buamaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an buama na buamaí Genitive an bhuama na mbuamaí Dative leis an mbuama don bhuama leis na buamaí

Derived terms

• buama adamhach (“atomic bomb”)
• buama ama (“time-bomb”)
• buama cluasach (“winged bomb”)
• buama eitleáin (“aerial bomb”)
• buamadóir (“bomber”)
• buamáil (“bomb”, verb)
• poll buama (“bomb-crater”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buama	bhuama	mbuama
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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