buama

Irish

Alternative forms

bomba

Noun

buama m (genitive singular buama, nominative plural buamaí)

bomb

Declension

Declension of buama

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buama	buamaí
Vocative	a bhuama	a bhuamaí
Genitive	buama	buamaí
Dative	buama	buamaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an buama	na buamaí
Genitive	an bhuama	na mbuamaí
Dative	leis an mbuama don bhuama	leis na buamaí

Derived terms

Derived terms

buama adamhach (“atomic bomb”)
buama ama (“time-bomb”)

buama cluasach (“winged bomb”)
buamadóir (“bomber”)

buama eitleáin (“aerial bomb”)
buamáil (“bomb”, verb)

poll buama (“bomb-crater”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buama	bhuama	mbuama
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"buama" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “buama” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “buama” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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