bunadh, m. (gs. -aidh).1. Lit: Origin. ~ a chineáil, the origin of his people. Ba leo an áit de bhunadh, they had a hereditary right to the place. Gearr ré na beatha de bhunadh, life is essentially of short duration. Is ann a bhíos sé de bhunadh, he is usually there. 2. Stock, kind. Mo bhunadh féin, my own people, kindred. An fear deireanach dá bhunadh, the last man of his breed. ~ maith daoine, beithíoch, good breed of people, of animals. De bhunadh maith, of good stock. 3. Native inhabitants. ~ na háite, the local people. ~ an tí, the people of the house. ~ na gcladach, traditional shore-dwellers. Níor de bhunadh an tsaoil seo é, he was not of the people of this earth. ~ na gcnoc, (i) hill-folk, (ii) fairies. 4. (gs. as attrib. a.) Original, fundamental; basic, basal. Fíoch bunaidh, hereditary feud. An fhírinne bhunaidh, the essential truth. Mo chairde bunaidh, my original, life-long, friends. Ba mhaith liom fios bunaidh an scéil a bheith agam, I should like to get at the underlying facts of the story.