buí

Irish

Alternative forms

buidhe (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish buide.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bˠiː/

Adjective

buí (comparative buí or buíocha)

yellow (having yellow as its colour)
(by extension, of skin) sallow, jaundiced
Proverb:
Más peaca a bheith buí tá na mílte damanta.
Beauty is only skin deep.
(literally, “If it’s a sin to be sallow thousands are damned.”)
tan

Declension

Declension of buí

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	buí	bhuí	buí; bhuí²
Vocative	bhuí	bhuí	buí
Genitive	bhuí	buí	buí	buí
Dative	buí; bhuí¹	bhuí	buí; bhuí²
Comparative	níos buí
Superlative	is buí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Alternative comparative form: buíocha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

Terms derived from buí

arán buí (“cornbread”)
barrbhuí (“yellow-topped; blonde”)
buíbhallach (“spotted with yellow”)
buíbhán (“light yellow; cream-coloured”)
buíbhreac (“speckled with yellow”)
buídhearg (“yellowish-red”)
buídhonn (“fawn-coloured”)
buígh (“yellow, tan”, verb)
buí le grian, ón ngrian (“tanned by the sun”)
buíliath
buíocht (“yellowness; sallowness”)
buí sa chraiceann (“sallow-skinned, of sallow complexion”)
ceannbhuí (“yellow-headed, yellow-haired”)
cróchbhuí (“saffron yellow”)

donnbhuí (“yellowish brown; fallow, biscuit(-coloured)”)
dúbhuí (“dark yellow”)
Fear Buí (“Orangeman”)
flannbhuí (“orange”)
geansaí buí m (“yellow jersey”)
gine buí (“yellow, golden, guinea”)
grán buí (“maize”)
iasc buí (“dried fish”)
leathbhuí, scothbhuí (“yellowish”)
órbhuí (“golden-coloured”)
ór buí (“yellow gold”)
osbhuí (“fawn”, adjective)
solas buí gréine (“golden sunlight”)

Noun

buí m (genitive singular buí, nominative plural buíonna)

yellow (colour)
1. yellow blight
2. yellow plague

Declension

Declension of buí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buí	buíonna
Vocative	a bhuí	a bhuíonna
Genitive	buí	buíonna
Dative	buí	buíonna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an buí	na buíonna
Genitive	an bhuí	na mbuíonna
Dative	leis an mbuí don bhuí	leis na buíonna

Derived terms

buí cumhra (“mignonette”)

buí mór (“dyer's rocket”)

buí na n-iníon, na mbáb (“spurge”)

osbhuí (“fawn”)

Proper noun

buí f (genitive buí)

(name for) a yellow cow

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buí	bhuí	mbuí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

buí

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Proper noun

Mutation

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