buíoch

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish buidech (“well-disposed, grateful”, adjective),[3] from buide f (“good-will, gratitude”) + -ech. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic buidheach and Manx booiagh.

Adjective

buíoch (genitive singular masculine buíoch, genitive singular feminine buíche, plural buíocha, comparative buíche)

  1. grateful, thankful
    Synonym: altaitheach
  2. pleased, satisfied
Declension
Declension of buíoch
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative buíoch bhuíoch buíocha;
bhuíocha²
Vocative bhuíoch buíocha
Genitive buíche buíocha buíoch
Dative buíoch;
bhuíoch¹ 		bhuíoch;
bhuíoch (archaic) 		buíocha;
bhuíocha²
Comparative níos buíche
Superlative is buíche

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

buíoch m (genitive singular buích)

  1. Alternative form of buíoc (“margarine”)
Declension
Declension of buíoch

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative buíoch
Vocative a bhuích
Genitive buích
Dative buíoch

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an buíoch
Genitive an bhuích
Dative leis an mbuíoch

don bhuíoch

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buíoch bhuíoch mbuíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 156, page 79
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 buidech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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