buanfas

Irish

Alternative forms
  • buancas, buanchas, buanmhas

Etymology

Apparently a back-formation from buanfasach as the latter is attested earlier.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠuən̪ˠəsˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠuənˠfˠəsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠiːnˠfˠəsˠ/, (older) /ˈbˠɯːnˠfˠəsˠ/[1]

Noun

buanfas m (genitive singular buanfais)

  1. durability

Declension
Declension of buanfas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative buanfas
Vocative a bhuanfais
Genitive buanfais
Dative buanfas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an buanfas
Genitive an bhuanfais
Dative leis an mbuanfas

don bhuanfas

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buanfas bhuanfas mbuanfas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 28

Further reading
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