buatais

Irish

Alternative forms

• bútais

Etymology

From Old French botes (“boots”), of Germanic origin, reinterpreted as a singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuət̪ˠəʃ/

Noun

buatais f (genitive singular buataise, nominative plural buataisí)

1. boot, topboot

   buatais rubair ― rubber boot, gumboot, Wellington boot

Declension

Declension of buatais

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative buatais buataisí Vocative a bhuatais a bhuataisí Genitive buataise buataisí Dative buatais buataisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhuatais na buataisí Genitive na buataise na mbuataisí Dative leis an mbuatais don bhuatais leis na buataisí

Derived terms

• buatais cheathrún (“thigh boot”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buatais	bhuatais	mbuatais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “buatais”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “búat(a)is or dil.ie/7299”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buatais”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 97
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 57
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buatais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN