Bantúch
Irish
Etymology
From English Bantu + -ach, ultimately from Proto-Bantu *bantʊ.
Adjective
Bantúch (genitive singular masculine Bantúigh, genitive singular feminine Bantúiche, plural Bantúcha, not comparable)
- Bantu
Declension
Declension of Bantúch
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Bantúch | Bhantúch | Bantúcha; Bhantúcha² | |
Vocative | Bhantúch | Bantúcha | ||
Genitive | Bantúiche | Bantúcha | Bantúch | |
Dative | Bantúch; Bhantúch¹ | Bhantúch | Bantúcha; Bhantúcha² | |
Comparative | níos no | |||
Superlative | is no |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
Bantúch m (genitive singular Bantúigh, nominative plural Bantúigh)
- Bantu
Declension
Declension of Bantúch
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Bantúch | Bhantúch | mBantúch |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Bantúch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Bantúch” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Bantúch” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.