buthach

Irish

Adjective

buthach (genitive singular masculine buthaigh, genitive singular feminine buthaí, plural buthacha, comparative buthaí)

1. Alternative form of búch (“hyacinth”)

Declension

Declension of buthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	buthach	bhuthach	buthacha; bhuthacha²
Vocative	bhuthaigh		buthacha
Genitive		buthaí	buthacha	buthach
Dative	buthach; bhuthach¹	bhuthach; bhuthaigh (archaic)	buthacha; bhuthacha²
Comparative	níos buthaí
Superlative	is buthaí

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
buthach	bhuthach	mbuthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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