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Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
búain f (genitive búana)
- verbal noun of bongaid
Inflection
| Feminine i-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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búain
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búainL
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búainiH
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| Vocative
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búain
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búainL
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búainiH
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| Accusative
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búainN
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búainL
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búainiH
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| Genitive
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búanoH, búanaH
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búanoH, búanaH
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búaineN
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| Dative
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búainL
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búainib
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búainib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| búain
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búain
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
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mbúain
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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