buanchuimhneach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From buanchuimhne (“lasting remembrance”) + -ach.
Adjective[edit]
buanchuimhneach (genitive singular masculine buanchuimhnigh, genitive singular feminine buanchuimhní, plural buanchuimhneacha, comparative buanchuimhní)
- having a long memory
Declension[edit]
Declension of buanchuimhneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | buanchuimhneach | bhuanchuimhneach | buanchuimhneacha; bhuanchuimhneacha² | |
| Vocative | bhuanchuimhnigh | buanchuimhneacha | ||
| Genitive | buanchuimhní | buanchuimhneacha | buanchuimhneach | |
| Dative | buanchuimhneach; bhuanchuimhneach¹ |
bhuanchuimhneach; bhuanchuimhnigh (archaic) |
buanchuimhneacha; bhuanchuimhneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos buanchuimhní | |||
| Superlative | is buanchuimhní | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buanchuimhneach | bhuanchuimhneach | mbuanchuimhneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||