buidhe

Irish

Adjective

buidhe

1. Superseded spelling of buí (“yellow”).

Mutation

Mutated forms of buidhe

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buidhe	bhuidhe	mbuidhe

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ujə/, (Lewis) [ˈb̥ʊjə]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ui.ʌ]
• Hyphenation: bui‧dhe

Etymology 1

From Old Irish buide (“yellow”), from Proto-Celtic *bodyos (“yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bodyos (“yellow, brown”), source of Latin badius.

Adjective

buidhe (comparative buidhe)

1. yellow

Derived terms

• fiabhras-buidhe (“yellow fever”)
• fo-bhuidhe (“yellowish”)
• gealag bhuidhe (“siskin”)
• iolair-bhuidhe (“golden eagle”)
• Là Buidhe Bealltainn (“Beltane”)
• lus buidhe Bealltainn (“marsh marigold”)

See also

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)

bàn, geal	glas	dubh
dearg; ruadh	orains; donn	buidhe; donn
uaine	uaine	gorm
liath; glas	liath	gorm
purpaidh; guirmean	pinc; purpaidh	pinc

Etymology 2

From Old Irish buide (“thanks, gratitude”), from Proto-Celtic *bodiyā, from *bodos (“good will”) (compare Welsh bodd (“good will”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”).

Adjective

buidhe (comparative buidhe)

1. glad, grateful
2. fortunate, lucky

   nach buidhe dhut! ― aren't you lucky!

Mutation

Mutation of buidhe

radical	lenition
buidhe	bhuidhe

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) “buidhe”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN