buairthín

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From buarach +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

Noun

buairthín m (genitive singular buairthín, nominative plural buairthíní)

  1. diminutive of buarach (“spancel”)

Declension

Declension of buairthín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative buairthín buairthíní
vocative a bhuairthín a bhuairthíní
genitive buairthín buairthíní
dative buairthín buairthíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an buairthín na buairthíní
genitive an bhuairthín na mbuairthíní
dative leis an mbuairthín
don bhuairthín 		leis na buairthíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of buairthín
radical lenition eclipsis
buairthín bhuairthín mbuairthín

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, page 36

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