buanna

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

buanna m (genitive singular buanna, nominative plural buannaí)

1. (historical, military) billeted soldier
2. domineering person (in household)

Declension

Declension of buanna (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative buanna buannaí vocative a bhuanna a bhuannaí genitive buanna buannaí dative buanna buannaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an buanna na buannaí genitive an bhuanna na mbuannaí dative leis an mbuanna don bhuanna leis na buannaí

Derived terms

• buannacht

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

buanna m pl

1. plural of bua

Mutation

Mutated forms of buanna

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buanna	bhuanna	mbuanna

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buanna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buanna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “buanna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025