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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish bunadas. By surface analysis, bunú + -as.
Pronunciation
Noun
bunús m (genitive singular bunúis)
- origin
- basis
- (literary) foundation, settlement
- substance, essence
- substance, wealth
- greater portion, majority
Declension
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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bunús
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bhunús
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mbunús
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bunadas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunús”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bunús” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bunús” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.