buachalán
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-swolós, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *swel- (“to shrivel”) + *-ós (agentive suffix), literally “cow-shriveler”, whence also Classical Gaelic buafallán, buathfallán, with the diminutive suffix -án.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠuəxəˈl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠuəxəlˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈbˠuəxəl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠuəxəlˠanˠ/, /ˈbˠuəxəl̪ˠan̪ˠ/
Noun
[edit]buachalán m (genitive singular buachaláin)
Descendants
[edit]- → Yola: boouchelawn, bouchalawn
References
[edit]- ^ McCone, Kim (1995) “OIr. senchae, senchaid and preliminaries on agent noun formation in Celtic”, in Ériu, volume 46, pages 1–10
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buachalán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN