bunábhar

Irish

Etymology

From bun- (“basic, fundamental, original, elementary”) +‎ ábhar (“matter, material”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠʊnˠˌɑːvˠəɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠʊnˠˌɑːwəɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠʊnˠˌæːwəɾˠ/

Noun

bunábhar m (genitive singular bunábhair, nominative plural bunábhair)

  1. raw material, staple, feedstock
  2. basic subject (in school, etc.)
  3. substance, main outlines (of literary work)

Declension

Declension of bunábhar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bunábhar bunábhair
vocative a bhunábhair a bhunábhara
genitive bunábhair bunábhar
dative bunábhar bunábhair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bunábhar na bunábhair
genitive an bhunábhair na mbunábhar
dative leis an mbunábhar
don bhunábhar 		leis na bunábhair

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bunábhar
radical lenition eclipsis
bunábhar bhunábhar mbunábhar

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

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