buinneach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Waterford, Cork) IPA(key): /bˠɪˈɲax/
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /bˠɪˈnʲax/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲa(x)/[1]
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.[2]
Noun edit
buinneach f (genitive singular buinní)
Declension edit
Declension of buinneach
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms edit
- scaoing (in animals)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Irish buinnech (“gushing, flowing”).[3] By surface analysis, buinne (“torrent, spout”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
buinneach (genitive singular masculine buinnigh, genitive singular feminine buinní, plural buinneacha)
- shooting, surging
- (medicine, of sore, etc.) discharging
Declension edit
Declension of buinneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | buinneach | bhuinneach | buinneacha; bhuinneacha² | |
| Vocative | bhuinnigh | buinneacha | ||
| Genitive | buinní | buinneacha | buinneach | |
| Dative | buinneach; bhuinneach¹ |
bhuinneach; bhuinnigh (archaic) |
buinneacha; bhuinneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos buinní | |||
| Superlative | is buinní | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buinneach | bhuinneach | mbuinneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 buinnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 buinnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buinneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buinneach f (genitive singular buinnich, no plural)
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 buinnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language