flannbhuí

Irish

Etymology

From flann (“blood-red”) +‎ buí (“yellow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠl̪ˠɑun̪ˠˌvˠiː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠlˠɑːn̪ˠˌwiː/, /ˈfˠlˠan̪ˠˌwiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠlˠan̪ˠˌwiə/

Adjective

flannbhuí

  1. orange (colour)
    Is iad uaine, bán agus flannbhuí na dathanna atá ar bhratach na hÉireann.
    Green, white and orange are the colours on the Irish flag.

Declension

Declension of flannbhuí
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative flannbhuí fhlannbhuí flannbhuí;
fhlannbhuí2
vocative fhlannbhuí flannbhuí
genitive flannbhuí flannbhuí flannbhuí
dative flannbhuí;
fhlannbhuí1 		fhlannbhuí flannbhuí;
fhlannbhuí2
Comparative níos flannbhuí
Superlative is flannbhuí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of flannbhuí
radical lenition eclipsis
flannbhuí fhlannbhuí bhflannbhuí

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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