buarach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish búarach, from bó (“cow”) + árach (“bond, fetter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠuəɾˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠiːɾˠa(x)/, (older) /ˈbˠɯːɾˠa(x)/[1]
Noun
[edit]buarach f (genitive singular buaraí, nominative plural buaracha)
- spancel (for a cow during milking)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- buairthín (diminutive)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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.
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 28
Further reading
[edit]- 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