bunuimhir

Irish

Etymology

From bun- (“basic, fundamental, primary, ultimate, original, base, elementary”) +‎ uimhir (“number”).

Noun

bunuimhir f (genitive singular bunuimhreach, nominative plural bunuimhreacha)

  1. (grammar, mathematics) cardinal number
  2. (mathematics) radix

Declension

Declension of bunuimhir (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bunuimhir bunuimhreacha
vocative a bhunuimhir a bhunuimhreacha
genitive bunuimhreach bunuimhreacha
dative bunuimhir bunuimhreacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhunuimhir na bunuimhreacha
genitive na bunuimhreach na mbunuimhreacha
dative leis an mbunuimhir
don bhunuimhir 		leis na bunuimhreacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bunuimhir
radical lenition eclipsis
bunuimhir bhunuimhir mbunuimhir

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunuimhir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “cardinal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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