bunábhar

Irish

Etymology

From bun- (“basic, fundamental, original, elementary”) +‎ ábhar (“matter, material”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊnˠˌɑːvˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊnˠˌɑːwəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊnˠˌæːwəɾˠ/

Noun

bunábhar m (genitive singular bunábhair, nominative plural bunábhair)

1. raw material, staple, feedstock
2. basic subject (in school, etc.)
3. substance, main outlines (of literary work)

Declension

Declension of bunábhar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bunábhar bunábhair Vocative a bhunábhair a bhunábhara Genitive bunábhair bunábhar Dative bunábhar bunábhair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bunábhar na bunábhair Genitive an bhunábhair na mbunábhar Dative leis an mbunábhar don bhunábhar leis na bunábhair

Synonyms

• (raw material): amhábhar

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bunábhar	bhunábhar	mbunábhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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