buinneán
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
buinneán m (genitive singular buinneáin, nominative plural buinneáin)
- shoot (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
- Synonym: beangán
- sapling (young tree)
- scion (descendant)
Declension edit
Declension of buinneán
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Etymology 2 edit
From English bunion, adapted to the suffix -án and assimilated to etymology 1.
Noun edit
buinneán m (genitive singular buinneáin, nominative plural buinneáin)
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Declension of buinneán
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Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
buinneán m (genitive singular buinneáin, nominative plural buinneáin)
Declension edit
Declension of buinneán
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Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
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| buinneán | bhuinneán | mbuinneán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90
- ^ “buinneán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “buinnén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buinneán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 99
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buinneán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN