búain

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbuːa̯nʲ/

Noun

búain f (genitive búana)

verbal noun of bongaid

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	búain	búain^L	búaini^H
vocative	búain	búain^L	búaini^H
accusative	búain^N	búain^L	búaini^H
genitive	búano^H, búana^H	búano^H, búana^H	búaine^N
dative	búain^L	búainib	búainib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of *búain*
radical	lenition	nasalization
búain	búain pronounced with /β-/	mbúain

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language