bunúil

Irish

Etymology

From bun +‎ -úil.

Adjective

bunúil (genitive singular masculine bunúil, genitive singular feminine bunúla, plural bunúla, comparative bunúla)

1. well-founded
2. substantial; well-to-do
3. original

Declension

Declension of bunúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bunúil	bhunúil	bunúla; bhunúla²
Vocative	bhunúil		bunúla
Genitive		bunúla	bunúla	bunúil
Dative	bunúil; bhunúil¹	bhunúil	bunúla; bhunúla²
Comparative	níos bunúla
Superlative	is bunúla

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
bunúil	bhunúil	mbunúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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