buannacht
Irish
Etymology
From buanna (“billeted soldier”) + -acht.
Noun
buannacht f (genitive singular buannachta)
- (historical) billeting, free quartering of soldiers
- (historical) billeting tax
- squatter's claim
Declension
Declension of buannacht
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
buannacht | bhuannacht | mbuannacht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “buannacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “buannacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.