bughach

Irish

Adjective

bughach (genitive singular masculine bughaigh, genitive singular feminine bughaí, plural bughacha, comparative bughaí)

1. Alternative form of búch (“hyacinth”)

Declension

Declension of bughach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bughach	bhughach	bughacha; bhughacha²
Vocative	bhughaigh		bughacha
Genitive		bughaí	bughacha	bughach
Dative	bughach; bhughach¹	bhughach; bhughaigh (archaic)	bughacha; bhughacha²
Comparative	níos bughaí
Superlative	is bughaí

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
bughach	bhughach	mbughach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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