From Middle Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.[2]
buinneach f (genitive singular buinní)
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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From Middle Irish buinnech (“gushing, flowing”).[3] By surface analysis, buinne (“torrent, spout”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
buinneach (genitive singular masculine buinnigh, genitive singular feminine buinní, plural buinneacha)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | buinneach | bhuinneach | buinneacha; bhuinneacha² | |
| Vocative | bhuinnigh | buinneacha | ||
| Genitive | buinní | buinneacha | buinneach | |
| Dative | buinneach; bhuinneach¹ |
bhuinneach; bhuinnigh (archaic) |
buinneacha; bhuinneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos buinní | |||
| Superlative | is buinní | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buinneach | bhuinneach | mbuinneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
From Middle Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.[1]
buinneach f (genitive singular buinnich, no plural)