From Ancient Greek βούτῡρος (boútūros, “butter”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
bútarach (genitive singular masculine bútaraigh, genitive singular feminine bútaraí, plural bútaracha, comparative bútaraí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | bútarach | bhútarach | bútaracha; bhútaracha2 | |
vocative | bhútaraigh | bútaracha | ||
genitive | bútaraí | bútaracha | bútarach | |
dative | bútarach; bhútarach1 |
bhútarach; bhútaraigh (archaic) |
bútaracha; bhútaracha2 | |
Comparative | níos bútaraí | |||
Superlative | is bútaraí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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bútarach | bhútarach | mbútarach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.