buíochas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish buídechus (compare Scottish Gaelic buidheachas).[1] By surface analysis, buíoch +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

Noun

buíochas m (genitive singular buíochais)

  1. thanks, gratitude
    Tá buíochas agam ort.
    I am grateful to you.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61:
      fuəŕədr̥ bŭīxəs mōr ō n ńūšcīš fȳ n īnəšə jīŕəx, ə rińə šiəd.
      [Fuaradar buíochas mór ón ngiúistís faoin fhianaise dhíreach a rinne siad.]
      They got great thanks from the magistrate for the straightforward testimony they gave.

Declension
Declension of buíochas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative buíochas
Vocative a bhuíochais
Genitive buíochais
Dative buíochas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an buíochas
Genitive an bhuíochais
Dative leis an mbuíochas

don bhuíochas

Derived terms
  • buíochasaigh (“thank”, transitive verb)

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “buīdechus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61

Further reading
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