bithiúnach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bithbinech (“habitual criminal”), from bith (“lasting, permanent, perpetual”). By surface analysis, bith- (“ever-, constant”) +‎ Old Irish binech (“criminal”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bithiúnach m (genitive singular bithiúnaigh, nominative plural bithiúnaigh)

  1. cheat, crook, malefactor, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rough, ruffian, scoundrel, thug, varlet, villain

Declension

Declension of bithiúnach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bithiúnach bithiúnaigh
vocative a bhithiúnaigh a bhithiúnacha
genitive bithiúnaigh bithiúnach
dative bithiúnach bithiúnaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bithiúnach na bithiúnaigh
genitive an bhithiúnaigh na mbithiúnach
dative leis an mbithiúnach
don bhithiúnach 		leis na bithiúnaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of bithiúnach
radical lenition eclipsis
bithiúnach bhithiúnach mbithiúnach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 327, page 114

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