buí

See also: bui, Bui, BUI, bùi, Bùi, búi, Búi, bụi, and buì

Irish

Alternative forms

• buidhe (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish buide, from Proto-Celtic *bodyos.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠiː/, /bˠiə/ (corresponding to the superseded spelling buidhe)
• Homophone: baoth (Connacht)

Adjective

buí (comparative buí or buíocha)

1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)
2. (by extension, of skin) sallow, jaundiced

   Más peaca a bheith buí tá na mílte damanta.

   Beauty is only skin deep.

   (literally, “If it’s a sin to be sallow thousands are damned.”)

3. tan

Declension

Declension of buí

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	buí	bhuí	buí; bhuí2
vocative	bhuí		buí
genitive		buí	buí	buí
dative	buí; bhuí1	bhuí	buí; bhuí2
Comparative	níos buí
Superlative	is buí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

• Alternative comparative form: buíocha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• arán buí
• barrbhuí
• buíbhallach (“spotted with yellow”)
• buíbhán (“light yellow; cream-coloured”)
• buíbhreac (“speckled with yellow”)
• buídhearg (“yellowish-red”)
• buídhonn
• buígh (“yellow, tan”)
• buíliath
• buíocán
• buíocht (“yellowness; sallowness”)
• ceannbhuí
• cróchbhuí (“saffron yellow”)
• donnbhuí
• dúbhuí (“dark yellow”)
• Fear Buí (“Orangeman”)
• flannbhuí
• geansaí buí (“yellow jersey”)
• gine buí (“yellow, golden, guinea”)
• grán buí
• gruth buí
• iasc buí (“dried fish”)
• leathbhuí
• ór buí (“yellow gold”)
• órbhuí (“golden-coloured”)
• osbhuí
• scothbhuí
• seabhac buí
• solas buí gréine (“golden sunlight”)

Noun

buí m (genitive singular buí, nominative plural buíonna)

1. yellow (colour)
2. yellow fever

Declension

Declension of buí (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative buí buíonna vocative a bhuí a bhuíonna genitive buí buíonna dative buí buíonna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an buí na buíonna genitive an bhuí na mbuíonna dative leis an mbuí don bhuí leis na buíonna

Derived terms

• buí cumhra (“mignonette”)
• buí mór (“dyer's rocket”)
• buí na mbáb (“spurge”)
• buí na n-iníon (“spurge”)
• osbhuí (“fawn”)

Descendants

• → Yola: buee

See also

Colors in Irish · dathanna (layout · text)

bán	liath	dubh
dearg; corcairdhearg	oráiste, flannbhuí; donn	buí; bánbhuí
líoma-ghlas, glas líoma	glas, uaine	dath an mhiontais
cian	gormghlas, spéirghorm	gorm
corcairghorm; indeagó	maigeanta; corcra	bándearg

Mutation

Mutated forms of buí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buí	bhuí	mbuí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “buí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “buí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “buí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026