bultúr

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English vulture.

Noun

bultúr m (genitive singular bultúir, nominative plural bultúir)

vulture
Synonyms: badhbh, garrfhiach, amach

Declension

Declension of bultúr

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bultúr	bultúir
Vocative	a bhultúir	a bhultúra
Genitive	bultúir	bultúr
Dative	bultúr	bultúir

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bultúr	na bultúir
Genitive	an bhultúir	na mbultúr
Dative	leis an mbultúr don bhultúr	leis na bultúir

Derived terms

bultúr turcach (“turkey vulture”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bultúr	bhultúr	mbultúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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