buidhe

Irish

Adjective

buidhe

1. Superseded spelling of buí (“yellow”).

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buidhe	bhuidhe	mbuidhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish buide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpujə/
• Hyphenation: bui‧dhe

Adjective

buidhe (comparative buidhe)

1. yellow
2. glad, grateful
3. fortunate, lucky

Derived terms

• fiabhras-buidhe (“yellow fever”)
• fo-bhuidhe (“yellowish”)
• gealag bhuidhe (“siskin”)
• iolair-bhuidhe (“golden eagle”)
• Là Buidhe Bealltainn (“Beltane”)
• lus buidhe Bealltainn (“marsh marigold”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
buidhe	bhuidhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)

bàn, geal	glas	dubh
dearg; ruadh	orainds; donn	buidhe; donn
uaine	uaine	gorm
liath; glas	liath	gorm
purpaidh; guirmean	pinc; purpaidh	pinc

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
buidhe	bhuidhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “buidhe”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 buide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language