bunúsach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

bunús +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Adjective

bunúsach (genitive singular masculine bunúsaigh, genitive singular feminine bunúsaí, plural bunúsacha, comparative bunúsaí)

  1. original, basic, primary
  2. well-founded, substantial
  3. well-to-do
  4. (mathematics) significant
  5. (physics) elementary

Declension

Declension of bunúsach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative bunúsach bhunúsach bunúsacha;
bhunúsacha2
vocative bhunúsaigh bunúsacha
genitive bunúsaí bunúsacha bunúsach
dative bunúsach;
bhunúsach1 		bhunúsach;
bhunúsaigh (archaic) 		bunúsacha;
bhunúsacha2
Comparative níos bunúsaí
Superlative is bunúsaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bunúsach
radical lenition eclipsis
bunúsach bhunúsach mbunúsach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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