bánbhuí

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bán (“white”) +‎ buí (“yellow”).

Noun

bánbhuí m (genitive singular bánbhuí)

  1. cream (yellowish white color)

Declension
Declension of bánbhuí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bánbhuí
Vocative a bhánbhuí
Genitive bánbhuí
Dative bánbhuí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bánbhuí
Genitive an bhánbhuí
Dative leis an mbánbhuí

don bhánbhuí

Adjective

bánbhuí (not comparable)

  1. cream (having a yellowish white color)

Declension
Declension of bánbhuí
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative bánbhuí bhánbhuí bánbhuí;
bhánbhuí²
Vocative bhánbhuí bánbhuí
Genitive bánbhuí bánbhuí bánbhuí
Dative bánbhuí;
bhánbhuí¹		 bhánbhuí bánbhuí;
bhánbhuí²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

See also
Colors in Irish · dathanna (layout · text)
     bán      liath      dubh
             dearg; corcairdhearg              oráiste, flannbhuí; donn              buí; bánbhuí
             líoma-ghlas, glas líoma              glas, uaine              dath an mhiontais
             cian              gormghlas, spéirghorm              gorm
             corcairghorm; indeagó              maigeanta; corcra              bándearg

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bánbhuí bhánbhuí mbánbhuí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “bánbhuí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bánbhuí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “bánbhuí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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