buntáiste

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Irish

Alternative forms

bonntáiste

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman avauntage (compare English vantage), from Old French avant (“before”), from Latin ab ante (“before, in front”), from ab (“from”) + ante (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic bunndaist.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠən̪ˠˈt̪ˠɑːʃtʲə/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊn̪ˠt̪ˠɑːʃtʲə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʌn̪ˠt̪ˠæʃtʲə/^[1]

Noun

buntáiste m or f (genitive singular buntáiste, nominative plural buntáistí)

advantage
Synonyms: brabús, bua

Declension

Declension of buntáiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buntáiste	buntáistí
Vocative	a bhuntáiste	a bhuntáistí
Genitive	buntáiste	buntáistí
Dative	buntáiste	buntáistí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an buntáiste	na buntáistí
Genitive	an bhuntáiste	na mbuntáistí
Dative	leis an mbuntáiste don bhuntáiste	leis na buntáistí

Alternative declension

Declension of buntáiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buntáiste	buntáistí
Vocative	a bhuntáiste	a bhuntáistí
Genitive	buntáiste	buntáistí
Dative	buntáiste	buntáistí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhuntáiste	na buntáistí
Genitive	na buntáiste	na mbuntáistí
Dative	leis an mbuntáiste don bhuntáiste	leis na buntáistí

Derived terms

buntáiste breise (“side benefit”)
buntáiste cánach (“tax advantage, tax break”)
buntáiste comparáideach m (“comparative advantage”)
buntáiste mí-ionraic m (“mean advantage”)
buntáiste na gaoithe m (“weather-gauge”)
buntáisteach (“advantageous; advantage-seeking”, adjective)
buntáistíocht f (“advantageousness”)
gan bhuntáiste (“profitless, indecisive”)
míbhuntáiste (“disadvantage”)
seachbhuntáiste (“side benefit”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buntáiste	bhuntáiste	mbuntáiste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 371, page 126

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buntáiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buntáiste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“buntáiste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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