buatais

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bútais

Etymology

From Old French botes (“boots”), of Germanic origin, reinterpreted as a singular.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠuət̪ˠəʃ/

Noun

buatais f (genitive singular buataise, nominative plural buataisí)

  1. boot, topboot
    buatais rubair ― rubber boot, gumboot, Wellington boot

Declension

Declension of buatais (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative buatais buataisí
vocative a bhuatais a bhuataisí
genitive buataise buataisí
dative buatais buataisí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhuatais na buataisí
genitive na buataise na mbuataisí
dative leis an mbuatais
don bhuatais 		leis na buataisí

Derived terms

  • buatais cheathrún (“thigh boot”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of buatais
radical lenition eclipsis
buatais bhuatais mbuatais

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

Further reading

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