bunuimhir

Irish

Etymology

From bun- (“basic, fundamental, primary, ultimate, original, base, elementary”) +‎ uimhir (“number”).

Noun

bunuimhir f (genitive singular bunuimhreach, nominative plural bunuimhreacha)

  1. (grammar, mathematics) cardinal number
  2. (mathematics) radix

Declension
Declension of bunuimhir

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bunuimhir bunuimhreacha
Vocative a bhunuimhir a bhunuimhreacha
Genitive bunuimhreach bunuimhreacha
Dative bunuimhir bunuimhreacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhunuimhir na bunuimhreacha
Genitive na bunuimhreach na mbunuimhreacha
Dative leis an mbunuimhir

don bhunuimhir

 leis na bunuimhreacha

Derived terms

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bunuimhir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “cardinal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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