buanaí

Irish

Etymology

From buain +‎ -aí.

Noun

buanaí m (genitive singular buanaí, nominative plural buanaithe)

1. (agriculture) reaper, harvester (farm worker)

   Synonyms: bainteoir, buainteoir, corránaí

Declension

Declension of buanaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative buanaí buanaithe Vocative a bhuanaí a bhuanaithe Genitive buanaí buanaithe Dative buanaí buanaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an buanaí na buanaithe Genitive an bhuanaí na mbuanaithe Dative leis an mbuanaí don bhuanaí leis na buanaithe

Derived terms

• buanaí leannlus

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buanaí	bhuanaí	mbuanaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buanaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “buanaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “buanaí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.