buanfasach

Irish

Etymology

From buanfas (“durability”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

buanfasach (genitive singular masculine buanfasaigh, genitive singular feminine buanfasaí, plural buanfasacha, comparative buanfasaí)

durable, hard-wearing

Declension

Declension of buanfasach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	buanfasach	bhuanfasach	buanfasacha; bhuanfasacha²
Vocative	bhuanfasaigh	bhuanfasach	buanfasacha
Genitive	bhuanfasaigh	buanfasaí	buanfasacha	buanfasach
Dative	buanfasach; bhuanfasach¹	bhuanfasach; bhuanfasaigh (archaic)	buanfasacha; bhuanfasacha²
Comparative	níos buanfasaí
Superlative	is buanfasaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buanfasach	bhuanfasach	mbuanfasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “buanfasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “buanfasach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “buanfasach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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