buíoch

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish buidech (“well-disposed, grateful”, adjective),[4] from buide f (“good-will, gratitude”) + -ech. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic buidheach and Manx booiagh.

Adjective

buíoch (genitive singular masculine buíoch, genitive singular feminine buíche, plural buíocha, comparative buíche)

  1. grateful, thankful
    Synonym: altaitheach
  2. pleased, satisfied
Declension
Declension of buíoch
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative buíoch bhuíoch buíocha;
bhuíocha2
vocative bhuíoch buíocha
genitive buíche buíocha buíoch
dative buíoch;
bhuíoch1 		bhuíoch;
bhuíoch (archaic) 		buíocha;
bhuíocha2
Comparative níos buíche
Superlative is buíche

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

Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • buíochasaigh (“thank”, verb)

Etymology 2

Noun

buíoch m (genitive singular buích)

  1. alternative form of buíoc (“margarine”)
Declension
Declension of buíoch (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative buíoch
vocative a bhuích
genitive buích
dative buíoch
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an buíoch
genitive an bhuích
dative leis an mbuíoch
don bhuíoch

Mutation

Mutated forms of buíoch
radical lenition eclipsis
buíoch bhuíoch mbuíoch

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 156, page 79
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 475, page 151
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 buidech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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