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Irish
Etymology
From flann (“blood-red”) + buí (“yellow”).
Adjective
flannbhuí
- orange (colour)
Is iad uaine, bán agus flannbhuí na dathanna atá ar bhratach na hÉireann.- Green, white and orange are the colours on the Irish flag.
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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Nominative
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flannbhuí
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fhlannbhuí
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flannbhuí; fhlannbhuí²
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Vocative
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fhlannbhuí
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flannbhuí
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Genitive
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flannbhuí
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flannbhuí
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flannbhuí
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Dative
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flannbhuí; fhlannbhuí¹
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fhlannbhuí
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flannbhuí; fhlannbhuí²
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Comparative
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níos flannbhuí
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Superlative
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is flannbhuí
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¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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flannbhuí
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fhlannbhuí
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bhflannbhuí
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flannbhuí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “flannbhuí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- “orange”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024