buaf

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bufa, from Latin būfō. Cognate with Manx beayf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠuəfˠ/

Noun

buaf f (genitive singular buaife, nominative plural buafa)

1. toad

Declension

Declension of buaf (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative buaf buafa vocative a bhuaf a bhuafa genitive buaife buaf dative buaf buaif (archaic, dialectal) buafa forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bhuaf na buafa genitive na buaife na mbuaf dative leis an mbuaf leis an mbuaif (archaic, dialectal) don bhuaf don bhuaif (archaic, dialectal) leis na buafa

Mutation

Mutated forms of buaf

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buaf	bhuaf	mbuaf

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “buaf”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN