buair

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish búaidrid (disturbs, troubles, harasses, confuses, verb), from búaidre f (confusion, distraction, disturbance).

Verb

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buair (present analytic buaireann, future analytic buairfidh, verbal noun buaireamh, past participle buartha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) grieve; vex, perturb
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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buair m

  1. genitive singular of buar

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buair bhuair mbuair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish búaidrid (disturbs, troubles, harasses, confuses, verb), from búaidre f (confusion, distraction, disturbance).

Verb

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buair (past bhuair, future buairidh, verbal noun buaireadh, past participle buairte)

  1. disturb, trouble, upset
  2. tempt

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