buile

See also: buille

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish baile, buile, boile (“vision; frenzy, madness (originally arising out of supernatural revelations)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɪlʲə/

Noun

buile f (genitive singular buile)

1. madness, frenzy

Declension

Declension of buile

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhuile Genitive na buile Dative leis an mbuile don bhuile

Derived terms

• ar buile (“mad, furious, on the warpath”)
• builiúil (“furious”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buile	bhuile	mbuile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 57

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

buile f

1. genitive singular of buil