buinneach

Irish

Alternative forms

• boinneach

Etymology 1

From Old Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.

Noun

buinneach f (genitive singular buinní)

1. (medicine) scour, diarrhea

Declension

Declension of buinneach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative buinneach Vocative a bhuinneach Genitive buinní Dative buinneach

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhuinneach Genitive na buinní Dative leis an mbuinneach don bhuinneach

Synonyms

• scaoing (in animals)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish buinnech (“gushing, flowing”); synchronically, buinne (“torrent, spout”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

buinneach (genitive singular masculine buinnigh, genitive singular feminine buinní, plural buinneacha)

1. shooting, surging
2. (medicine, of sore, etc.) discharging

Declension

Declension of buinneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	buinneach	bhuinneach	buinneacha; bhuinneacha²
Vocative	bhuinnigh		buinneacha
Genitive		buinní	buinneacha	buinneach
Dative	buinneach; bhuinneach¹	bhuinneach; bhuinnigh (archaic)	buinneacha; bhuinneacha²
Comparative	níos buinní
Superlative	is buinní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buinneach	bhuinneach	mbuinneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buinneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 buinnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 buinnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• buineach

Etymology

From Old Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.

Noun

a' bhuinneach f (genitive singular buinnich)

1. (medicine) diarrhea

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “buinneach”, 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), “2 buinnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language