From buanchruth (“fixed, stereotyped form”) + -ach.
buanchruthach (genitive singular masculine buanchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine buanchruthaí, plural buanchruthacha, not comparable)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | buanchruthach | bhuanchruthach | buanchruthacha; bhuanchruthacha2 | |
vocative | bhuanchruthaigh | buanchruthacha | ||
genitive | buanchruthaí | buanchruthacha | buanchruthach | |
dative | buanchruthach; bhuanchruthach1 |
bhuanchruthach; bhuanchruthaigh (archaic) |
buanchruthacha; bhuanchruthacha2 | |
Comparative | níos buanchruthaí | |||
Superlative | is buanchruthaí |
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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buanchruthach | bhuanchruthach | mbuanchruthach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.