buachalán
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-swolós, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *swel- (“to shrivel”) + *-ós (agentive suffix), literally “cow-shriveler”, whence also Classical Gaelic buafallán, buathfallán, with the diminutive suffix -án.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠuəxəˈl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠuəxəlˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈbˠuəxəl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠuəxəlˠanˠ/, /ˈbˠuəxəl̪ˠan̪ˠ/
Noun
editbuachalán m (genitive singular buachaláin)
Descendants
edit- → Yola: boouchelawn, bouchalawn
References
edit- ^ McCone, Kim (1995) “OIr. senchae, senchaid and preliminaries on agent noun formation in Celtic”, in Ériu, volume 46, pages 1–10
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buachalán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN