Buircíne Fasó

Irish

Etymology

From English Burkina Faso, from Moore burkina (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Proper noun

Buircíne Fasó m (genitive Bhuircíne Fasó)

  1. Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Buircíne Fasó Bhuircíne Fasó mBuircíne Fasó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “Burkina Faso” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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