buaf

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bufa, from Latin būfō. Cognate with Manx beayf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠuəfˠ/

Noun

buaf f (genitive singular buaife, nominative plural buafa)

  1. toad

Declension

Declension of buaf (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative buaf buafa
vocative a bhuaf a bhuafa
genitive buaife buaf
dative buaf
buaif (archaic, dialectal) 		buafa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhuaf na buafa
genitive na buaife na mbuaf
dative leis an mbuaf
leis an mbuaif (archaic, dialectal)
don bhuaf
don bhuaif (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na buafa

Mutation

Mutated forms of buaf
radical lenition eclipsis
buaf bhuaf mbuaf

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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