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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative buaf buafa
Vocative a bhuaf a bhuafa
Genitive buaife buaf
Dative buaf
buaif (archaic, dialectal)		 buafa

Forms with the definite article

Case 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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buaf bhuaf mbuaf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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