bunaonad

Irish

Etymology

From bun (“base”) +‎ aonad (“unit”).

Noun

bunaonad m (genitive singular bunaonaid, nominative plural bunaonaid)

1. base unit (of measurement)

Declension

Declension of bunaonad

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bunaonad bunaonaid Vocative a bhunaonaid a bhunaonada Genitive bunaonaid bunaonad Dative bunaonad bunaonaid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bunaonad na bunaonaid Genitive an bhunaonaid na mbunaonad Dative leis an mbunaonad don bhunaonad leis na bunaonaid

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bunaonad	bhunaonad	mbunaonad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

• “bunaonad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024