buaine

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuənʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠiːnʲə/, (older) /ˈbˠɯːnʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish búaine (“quality of being lasting; permanence; constancy”). By surface analysis, buan +‎ -e.

Noun

buaine f (genitive singular buaine)

1. permanence, durability; longevity

   Synonyms: buaineacht, buaineadas, buaineas

Declension

Declension of buaine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative buaine Vocative a bhuaine Genitive buaine Dative buaine

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhuaine Genitive na buaine Dative leis an mbuaine don bhuaine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

buaine

1. inflection of buan (“during, permanent; steadfast, solid”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buaine	bhuaine	mbuaine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buaine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “buaine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buaine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búaine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language