buille

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish buille, from Old Irish builne (blow, strike), perhaps from the same root as buail (to strike, beat).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buille m (genitive singular buille, nominative plural buillí)

  1. blow, stroke
    Synonyms: béim, cíonán
  2. (speech, music, etc.) beat
    Synonym: béim
  3. (as adverb) a little, somewhat

Declension

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Declension of buille (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative buille buillí
vocative a bhuille a bhuillí
genitive buille buillí
dative buille buillí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an buille na buillí
genitive an bhuille na mbuillí
dative leis an mbuille
don bhuille
leis na buillí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of buille
radical lenition eclipsis
buille bhuille mbuille

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “buille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 200, page 76

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish buille, from Old Irish builne (blow, strike), perhaps from the same root as buail (to strike, beat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buille f (genitive singular buille, plural buillean or builleannan)

  1. hit, blow, stroke
  2. stress, emphasis, importance
  3. (speech, music) stress, beat

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of buille
radical lenition
buille bhuille

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

Further reading

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  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “buille”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page buille