bútarach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βούτῡρος (boútūros, “butter”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bútarach (genitive singular masculine bútaraigh, genitive singular feminine bútaraí, plural bútaracha, comparative bútaraí)

  1. (organic chemistry) butyric

Declension
Declension of bútarach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative bútarach bhútarach bútaracha;
bhútaracha²
Vocative bhútaraigh bútaracha
Genitive bútaraí bútaracha bútarach
Dative bútarach;
bhútarach¹		 bhútarach;
bhútaraigh (archaic)		 bútaracha;
bhútaracha²
Comparative níos bútaraí
Superlative is bútaraí

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
bútarach bhútarach mbútarach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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