bundúchasach

Irish

Etymology

From bun- +‎ dúchasach (“native, inhabitant; native, indigenous”).

Adjective

bundúchasach (genitive singular masculine bundúchasaigh, genitive singular feminine bundúchasaí, plural bundúchasacha)

1. aboriginal

Declension

Declension of bundúchasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bundúchasach	bhundúchasach	bundúchasacha; bhundúchasacha²
Vocative	bhundúchasaigh		bundúchasacha
Genitive		bundúchasaí	bundúchasacha	bundúchasach
Dative	bundúchasach; bhundúchasach¹	bhundúchasach; bhundúchasaigh (archaic)	bundúchasacha; bhundúchasacha²
Comparative	níos bundúchasaí
Superlative	is bundúchasaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

bundúchasach m (genitive singular bundúchasaigh, nominative plural bundúchasaigh)

1. aborigine

Declension

Declension of bundúchasach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bundúchasach bundúchasaigh Vocative a bhundúchasaigh a bhundúchasacha Genitive bundúchasaigh bundúchasach Dative bundúchasach bundúchasaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bundúchasach na bundúchasaigh Genitive an bhundúchasaigh na mbundúchasach Dative leis an mbundúchasach don bhundúchasach leis na bundúchasaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bundúchasach	bhundúchasach	mbundúchasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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