buille

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish buille, from Old Irish builne (blow, strike), perhaps from the same root as buail (to strike, beat).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buille m (genitive singular buille, nominative plural buillí)

  1. blow, stroke
    Synonyms: béim, cíonán
  2. (speech, music, etc.) beat
    Synonym: béim
  3. (as adverb) a little, somewhat

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buille bhuille mbuille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “buille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 200, page 76

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish buille, from Old Irish builne (blow, strike), perhaps from the same root as buail (to strike, beat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buille f (genitive singular buille, plural buillean or builleannan)

  1. hit, blow, stroke
  2. stress, emphasis, importance
  3. (speech, music) stress, beat

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
buille bhuille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “buille”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page buille