buair

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish búaidrid (disturbs, troubles, harasses, confuses, verb), from búaidre f (confusion, distraction, disturbance).

Verb

buair (present analytic buaireann, future analytic buairfidh, verbal noun buaireamh, past participle buartha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) grieve; vex, perturb
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

buair m

  1. genitive singular of buar

Etymology 3

Noun

buair m

  1. genitive singular of buar

Mutation

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References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish búaidrid (disturbs, troubles, harasses, confuses, verb), from búaidre f (confusion, distraction, disturbance).

Verb

buair (past bhuair, future buairidh, verbal noun buaireadh, past participle buairte)

  1. disturb, trouble, upset
  2. tempt

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “buair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búaidrid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language