buarach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish búarach, from bó (“cow”) + árach (“bond, fetter”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuəɾˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠiːɾˠa(x)/, (older) /ˈbˠɯːɾˠa(x)/

Noun

buarach f (genitive singular buaraí, nominative plural buaracha)

1. spancel (for a cow during milking)

Declension

Declension of buarach (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative buarach buaracha vocative a bhuarach a bhuaracha genitive buaraí buarach dative buarach buaraigh (archaic, dialectal) buaracha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bhuarach na buaracha genitive na buaraí na mbuarach dative leis an mbuarach leis an mbuaraigh (archaic, dialectal) don bhuarach don bhuaraigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na buaracha

Derived terms

• buairthín (diminutive)

Mutation

Mutated forms of buarach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buarach	bhuarach	mbuarach

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 búarach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buaraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 97
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN