buíochas

buíochas

Irish

Alternative forms

• buidheachas (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Irish buídechus (compare Scottish Gaelic buidheachas); synchronically, buíoch +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠeːxəsˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠiːxəsˠ/, /ˈbˠiəxəsˠ/

Noun

buíochas m (genitive singular buíochais)

1. thanks, gratitude

   Tá buíochas agam ort. ― I am grateful to you.

Declension

Declension of buíochas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative buíochas Vocative a bhuíochais Genitive buíochais Dative buíochas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an buíochas Genitive an bhuíochais Dative leis an mbuíochas don bhuíochas

Derived terms

• buíochasaigh (“thank”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buíochas	bhuíochas	mbuíochas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "buíochas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “buīdechus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.