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From Middle Irish buille, from Old Irish builne (“blow, strike”), perhaps from the same root as buail (“to strike, beat”).[1]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɪlʲə/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɪl̠ʲə/[2][3]
- Homophone: buile (Munster)
buille m (genitive singular buille, nominative plural buillí)
- 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”)
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buille | bhuille | mbuille |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “buille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 200, page 76
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “buille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
From Middle Irish buille, from Old Irish builne (“blow, strike”), perhaps from the same root as buail (“to strike, beat”).
buille f (genitive singular buille, plural buillean or builleannan)
- buille chultarail (“culture shock”)
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| buille | bhuille |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “buille”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page buille