buairt

Irish

Alternative forms

• buadhairt, buaidhirt (superseded)
• buaidhreadh, buaireamh

Etymology

From Middle Irish buaidirt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠuəɾˠtʲ/

Noun

buairt f (genitive singular buartha, nominative plural buarthaí)

1. sorrow, vexation, devastation
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:

     Ní fada nuair a bhí sí an méid sin buadhartha curtha aici di.

     It didn’t take her long to get over this amount of grief.

Declension

Declension of buairt

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative buairt buarthaí Vocative a bhuairt a bhuarthaí Genitive buartha buarthaí Dative buairt buarthaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhuairt na buarthaí Genitive na buartha na mbuarthaí Dative leis an mbuairt don bhuairt leis na buarthaí

Related terms

• buair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buairt	bhuairt	mbuairt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buaiḋirt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 95
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN