buinne

Irish

Alternative forms

• boinne

Etymology

From Old Irish buinne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲə/

Noun

buinne m (genitive singular buinne, nominative plural buinní)

1. (botany) shoot
2. (of water) torrent, spout
3. (music) reed
4. scion
5. (basketry) course of interwoven rods, wale; (of container) brim
6. hoop
7. ridge
8. (of shoe) welt
9. (of vessel) projecting lip, flange
10. band, bracelet
11. (mechanical engineering) shroud

Declension

Declension of buinne

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative buinne buinní Vocative a bhuinne a bhuinní Genitive buinne buinní Dative buinne buinní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an buinne na buinní Genitive an bhuinne na mbuinní Dative leis an mbuinne don bhuinne leis na buinní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buinne	bhuinne	mbuinne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “buinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Old Irish

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Celtic *bennā or *bondyo- (“bracelet”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbun͈ʲe/

Noun

buinne n (genitive buinni, nominative plural buinne)

1. torrent, flood; stream, current, wave
2. (medicine) diarrhœa, flux; pus
3. (botany) sprig, sprout, stalk; sapling
4. circlet, (arm-)ring, bracelet
5. (of building structure) wattle, wickerwork

Declension

Neuter io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	buinneN	buinneL	buinneL
Vocative	buinneN	buinneL	buinneL
Accusative	buinneN	buinneL	buinneL
Genitive	buinniL	buinneL	buinneN
Dative	buinniuL	buinnib	buinnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• buinnech¹ (“gushing, flowing”)
• buinnech² (“diarrhoea”)
• buinnén (“sprig, shoot; scion, stripling”)

Descendants

• Irish: buinne

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
buinne	buinne pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbuinne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “buinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “bondyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish buinne.

Noun

buinne f

1. statue, bust
2. current
3. (botany) sanicle

Synonyms

• (statue): ìomhaigh
• (sanicle): bodan-coille