From buanchuimhne (“lasting remembrance”) + -ach.
buanchuimhneach (genitive singular masculine buanchuimhnigh, genitive singular feminine buanchuimhní, plural buanchuimhneacha, comparative buanchuimhní)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | buanchuimhneach | bhuanchuimhneach | buanchuimhneacha; bhuanchuimhneacha2 | |
vocative | bhuanchuimhnigh | buanchuimhneacha | ||
genitive | buanchuimhní | buanchuimhneacha | buanchuimhneach | |
dative | buanchuimhneach; bhuanchuimhneach1 |
bhuanchuimhneach; bhuanchuimhnigh (archaic) |
buanchuimhneacha; bhuanchuimhneacha2 | |
Comparative | níos buanchuimhní | |||
Superlative | is buanchuimhní |
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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buanchuimhneach | bhuanchuimhneach | mbuanchuimhneach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.