bhfuil

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /vˠɪlʲ/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /wɪlʲ/
Note: the phrase cá bhfuil (“where is?”) is pronounced /kɑːlʲ/.

Noun

bhfuil f

Eclipsed form of fuil.

Verb

bhfuil

Eclipsed form of fuil.
An bhfuil d’athair sa bhaile? ― Is your father at home?

Cá bhfuil do mháthair? ― Where is your mother?

Is breá liom go bhfuil sibh anseo. ― I’m glad you’re here.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuil	fhuil	bhfuil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"bhfuil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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