bánbhuí

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bán (white) +‎ buí (yellow).

Noun

bánbhuí m (genitive singular bánbhuí)

  1. cream (yellowish white color)

Declension

Declension of bánbhuí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative bánbhuí
vocative a bhánbhuí
genitive bánbhuí
dative bánbhuí
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bánbhuí
genitive an bhánbhuí
dative leis an mbánbhuí
don bhánbhuí

Adjective

bánbhuí (not comparable)

  1. cream (having a yellowish white color)

Declension

Declension of bánbhuí
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bánbhuí bhánbhuí bánbhuí;
bhánbhuí2
vocative bhánbhuí bánbhuí
genitive bánbhuí bánbhuí bánbhuí
dative bánbhuí;
bhánbhuí1
bhánbhuí bánbhuí;
bhánbhuí2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

See also

Colors in Irish · dathanna (layout · text)
     bán      liath      dubh
             dearg; corcairdhearg              oráiste, flannbhuí; donn              buí; bánbhuí
             líoma-ghlas, glas líoma              glas, uaine              dath an mhiontais
             cian              gormghlas, spéirghorm              gorm
             corcairghorm; indeagó              maigeanta; corcra              bándearg

Mutation

Mutated forms of bánbhuí
radical lenition eclipsis
bánbhuí bhánbhuí mbánbhuí

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

Further reading

  • bánbhuí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bánbhuí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • bánbhuí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025