buidhe

Irish

Adjective

buidhe

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 Superseded spelling of buí (“yellow”).

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buidhe	bhuidhe	mbuidhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ujə/, [ˈb̥ʊjə]
• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ui.ə/
• (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

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
buidhe	bhuidhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “buidhe”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN