See also: buachaill

Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos (compare Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos)), from *gʷṓws (cow) + *kʷel- (to revolve, move around, sojourn).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

búachaill m

  1. cowherd
  2. herdsman

Inflection edit

Masculine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative búachaill búachaillL búachailliH
Vocative búachaill búachaillL búachailliH
Accusative búachaillN búachaillL búachailliH
Genitive búachalloH, búachallaH búachalloH, búachallaH búachailleN
Dative búachaillL búachaillib búachaillib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Irish: buachaill
  • Manx: bochilley
  • Scottish Gaelic: buachaill, buachaille

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
búachaill búachaill
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbúachaill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit