From buanseasamh (“perseverance”) + -ach.
buanseasmhach (genitive singular masculine buanseasmhaigh, genitive singular feminine buanseasmhaí, plural buanseasmhacha, comparative buanseasmhaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | buanseasmhach | bhuanseasmhach | buanseasmhacha; bhuanseasmhacha2 | |
vocative | bhuanseasmhaigh | buanseasmhacha | ||
genitive | buanseasmhaí | buanseasmhacha | buanseasmhach | |
dative | buanseasmhach; bhuanseasmhach1 |
bhuanseasmhach; bhuanseasmhaigh (archaic) |
buanseasmhacha; bhuanseasmhacha2 | |
Comparative | níos buanseasmhaí | |||
Superlative | is buanseasmhaí |
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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buanseasmhach | bhuanseasmhach | mbuanseasmhach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.