búain

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Old Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

búain f (genitive búana)

  1. verbal noun of bongaid

Inflection[edit]

Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative búain búainL búainiH
Vocative búain búainL búainiH
Accusative búainN búainL búainiH
Genitive búanoH, búanaH búanoH, búanaH búaineN
Dative búainL búainib búainib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
búain búain
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbúain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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