buaile

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish búaile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuəlʲə/

Noun

buaile f (genitive singular buaile, nominative plural buailte or buailteacha)

1. shieling (area of summer pasture used for cattle, sheep etc.)
2. paddock (small enclosure or field)

Declension

Declension of buaile (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative buaile buailte vocative a bhuaile a bhuailte genitive buaile buailte dative buaile buailte forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhuaile na buailte genitive na buaile na mbuailte dative leis an mbuaile don bhuaile leis na buailte

Derived terms

• buailteachas

Descendants

• → English: booly

Mutation

Mutated forms of buaile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buaile	bhuaile	mbuaile

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 búaile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buaile”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 95
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buaile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish búaile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥uələ/

Noun

buaile f (plural buailtean)

1. enclosure, fold, sheepfold, pen (animal enclosure, particularly for sheep or cattle)
2. un-crofted land
3. circle, halo

Mutation

Mutation of buaile

radical	lenition
buaile	bhuaile

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “buaile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “buaile”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[2], Stirling, →ISBN