buide

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuðʲe/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *bodyos (“yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *badyo- (“yellow, brown”), source of Latin badius.

Adjective

buide (equative buidither, comparative budiu)

1. yellow
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 14^a10

     glosses flavus

   • “Daith bech buide”:

     Daith bech buide a húaim i n-úaim […]

     Nimble is the yellow bee from cave to cave […]

Inflection

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	buide	buide	buide
Vocative	buidi
Accusative	buide	buidi
Genitive	buidi	buide	buidi
Dative	buidiu	buidi	buidiu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	buidi	buidi
Vocative	buidi buidiu*
Accusative	buidi buidiu*
Genitive	buide
Dative	buidib
Notes	* when substantivized

Noun

buide f

1. yellowness
2. (botany) buttercup
3. honey, pollen

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	buideL	buidiL	buidi
Vocative	buideL	buidiL	buidi
Accusative	buidiN	buidiL	buidi
Genitive	buide	buideL	buideN
Dative	buidiL	buidib	buidib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: buí
• Manx: buigh, bwee
• Scottish Gaelic: buidhe

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *bodiyā, from *bodos (“good will”) (compare Welsh bodd (“good will”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”).

Alternative forms

• boide

Noun

buide f (genitive buide)

1. thanks
   • c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 58^a

     Bíid didiu a confessio hísin do foísitin pecthae, bíid dano do molad, bíid dano do atlugud buide; do foísitin didiu atá-som sunt.

     That confessio, then, is for confessing sins, it is also for praising, it is also for offering thanks; here, then, it is for confessing

2. gratitude

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	buideL	—	—
Vocative	buideL	—	—
Accusative	buidiN	—	—
Genitive	buide	—	—
Dative	buidiL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• buidech

Descendants

• Irish: buí (“thanks”)
• Scottish Gaelic: buidhe (“thanks”)

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 buide (‘yellow’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 buide (‘thanks’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language