bunúsach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /bəˈn̪ˠuːsˠəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbʊn̪ˠuːsˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʌn̪ˠusˠa(h)/
Adjective edit
bunúsach (genitive singular masculine bunúsaigh, genitive singular feminine bunúsaí, plural bunúsacha, comparative bunúsaí)
- original, basic, primary
- well-founded, substantial
- well-to-do
- (mathematics) significant
- (physics) elementary
Declension edit
Declension of bunúsach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bunúsach | bhunúsach | bunúsacha; bhunúsacha² | |
| Vocative | bhunúsaigh | bunúsacha | ||
| Genitive | bunúsaí | bunúsacha | bunúsach | |
| Dative | bunúsach; bhunúsach¹ |
bhunúsach; bhunúsaigh (archaic) |
bunúsacha; bhunúsacha² | |
| Comparative | níos bunúsaí | |||
| Superlative | is bunúsaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms edit
- bunúsúil
- (primary): príomha
- (substantial): substaintiúil
Related terms edit
- bunúsacht (“originality”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bunúsach | bhunúsach | mbunúsach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bunadasach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunúsach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bunúsach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bunúsach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024