buaile

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish búaile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuəlʲə/

Noun

buaile f (genitive singular buaile, nominative plural buailte or buailteacha)

1. shieling (area of summer pasture used for cattle, sheep etc.)
2. paddock (small enclosure or field)

Declension

Declension of buaile

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative buaile buailte Vocative a bhuaile a bhuailte Genitive buaile buailte Dative buaile buailte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhuaile na buailte Genitive na buaile na mbuailte Dative leis an mbuaile don bhuaile leis na buailte

Derived terms

• buailteachas

Descendants

• → English: booly

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buaile	bhuaile	mbuaile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 búaile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buaile”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 95
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buaile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN