buntáiste

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Irish

Alternative forms

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

Noun

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

  1. 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

Mutation

Mutated forms of buntáiste
radical lenition eclipsis
buntáiste bhuntáiste mbuntáiste

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

References

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

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