buanfas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • buancas, buanchas, buanmhas

Etymology

Apparently a back-formation from buanfasach as the latter is attested earlier.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠuən̪ˠəsˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠuənˠfˠəsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠiːnˠfˠəsˠ/, (older) /ˈbˠɯːnˠfˠəsˠ/[1]

Noun

buanfas m (genitive singular buanfais)

  1. durability

Declension

Declension of buanfas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative buanfas
vocative a bhuanfais
genitive buanfais
dative buanfas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an buanfas
genitive an bhuanfais
dative leis an mbuanfas
don bhuanfas

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of buanfas
radical lenition eclipsis
buanfas bhuanfas mbuanfas

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, § 66, page 28

Further reading

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