a bu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "abu"
Scottish Gaelic
Particle
- Creates the superlative when preceding the comparative form of an adjective or an adverb.
- glic - wise
- a bu ghlice - wisest
- mòr - big
- a bu mhotha - biggest
- glic - wise
Usage notes
- Lenites the following word.
- Only used in the past tense and the conditional mood. In the present and future tenses, as is used.
- Before vowels and words beginning with fh followed by a vowel the form used is a b'.