buíoch
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠeːx/, [bˠëːə̯x][1] (corresponding to the form baoch)
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /bˠiːx/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish buidech (“well-disposed, pleased, satisfied, sated, grateful, thankful”, adjective), from buide f (“good-will, favour, gratification, gratitude, thanks”) + -ech. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic buidheach and Manx booiagh.
Adjective
buíoch (genitive singular masculine buíoch, genitive singular feminine buíche, plural buíocha, comparative buíche)
- grateful, thankful
- Synonym: altaitheach
- pleased, satisfied
Declension
Declension of buíoch
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | buíoch | bhuíoch | buíocha; bhuíocha² | |
| Vocative | bhuíoch | buíocha | ||
| Genitive | buíche | buíocha | buíoch | |
| Dative | buíoch; bhuíoch¹ | bhuíoch; bhuíoch (archaic) | buíocha; bhuíocha² | |
| Comparative | níos buíche | |||
| Superlative | is buíche | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms
- baoch (Munster)
- baodhach (Munster, superseded)
- buidheach (superseded)
Derived terms
- buíochas m (“thanks, gratitude”)
- buíoch beannachtach (“effusively grateful”, adjective)
Related terms
- buíochasaigh (“thank”, verb)
Noun
buíoch m (genitive singular buích)
- Alternative form of buíoc (“margarine”)
Declension
Declension of buíoch
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buíoch | bhuíoch | mbuíoch |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “buíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 buidech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “buíoch” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 61.
- Entries containing “buíoch” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29