buille

See also: buile

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish buille, from Old Irish builne (“blow, strike”), perhaps from the same root as buail (“to strike, beat”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠilʲə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠil̠ʲə/
• Homophone: buile (Munster)

Noun

buille m (genitive singular buille, nominative plural buillí)

1. blow, stroke

   Synonyms: béim, cíonán

2. (speech, music, etc.) beat

   Synonym: béim

3. (as adverb) a little, somewhat

Declension

Declension of buille (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative buille buillí vocative a bhuille a bhuillí genitive buille buillí dative buille buillí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an buille na buillí genitive an bhuille na mbuillí dative leis an mbuille don bhuille leis na buillí

Derived terms

• buille an chroí m (“heartbeat”)
• buille faoi thuairim
• buille sa bhéim m (“felling blow”)
• builleach (“striking, given to striking”, adjective)
• débhuilleach (“duple”, adjective)
• scuab-bhuille (“sweeping blow”)
• slisbhuille (“cut, slice; glancing blow”)
• taobh-bhuille (“side-stroke”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of buille

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buille	bhuille	mbuille

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “buille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 138; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “buille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “buille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish buille, from Old Irish builne (“blow, strike”), perhaps from the same root as buail (“to strike, beat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥uʎə/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥uʎʌ/

Noun

buille f (genitive singular buille, plural buillean or builleannan)

1. hit, blow, stroke

   nas fheàrr na buille de bhata ― better than a kick in the teeth (literally, “better than a blow from a stick, i.e. better than nothing, not bad”)

   Proverb: is minig a fhuair fear na h-eadraiginn buille ― often has the peacemaker been struck (literally, “often has the peacemaker gotten a blow”)

2. stress, emphasis, importance
3. (speech, music) stress, beat

Synonyms

• beum
• bualadh

Derived terms

• buille chultarail (“culture shock”)

Mutation

Mutation of buille

radical	lenition
buille	bhuille

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “buille”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page buille