builín

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bulbing, borrowed from Old Norse bulmingr ~ bylmingr (“bread baked in ash”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic builionn and Manx bwilleen.

Noun

builín m (genitive singular builín, nominative plural builíní)

1. loaf (of bread)

   Synonyms: bairín, bollóg

Declension

Declension of builín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative builín builíní vocative a bhuilín a bhuilíní genitive builín builíní dative builín builíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an builín na builíní genitive an bhuilín na mbuilíní dative leis an mbuilín don bhuilín leis na builíní

Derived terms

• builín aráin

Mutation

Mutated forms of builín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
builín	bhuilín	mbuilín

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) “builín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bulbing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “builín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “builín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024