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boinneach
boinneach
Irish
Noun
boinneach f (genitive singular boinní)
- Alternative form of buinneach (“scour, diarrhoea”)
Declension
Declension of boinneach
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Adjective
boinneach (genitive singular masculine boinnigh, genitive singular feminine boinní, plural boinneacha)
- Alternative form of buinneach (“shooting, surging; discharging”)
Declension
Declension of boinneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | boinneach | boinneach¹ | boinneacha³ | |
| Vocative | boinnigh¹ | boinneach¹ | boinneacha | |
| Genitive | boinnigh¹ | boinní (obsolete) boinnighe |
boinneacha | boinneach |
| Dative | boinneach² | boinneach¹ (archaic) boinnigh¹ |
boinneacha³ | |
| Comparative | boinní (obsolete) boinnighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| boinneach | bhoinneach | mboinneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "boinne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.