búachaill

See also: buachaill

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • bóchaill

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos (compare Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos)), from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, move around, sojourn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuːa̯xil͈ʲ/

Noun

búachaill m

  1. cowherd
  2. herdsman

Inflection

Masculine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative búachaill búachaillL búachailliH
vocative búachaill búachaillL búachailliH
accusative búachaillN búachaillL búachailliH
genitive búachalloH, búachallaH búachalloH, búachallaH búachailleN
dative búachaillL búachaillib búachaillib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: buachaill
  • Manx: bochilley
  • Scottish Gaelic: buachaill, buachaille

Mutation

Mutation of búachaill
radical lenition nasalization
búachaill búachaill
pronounced with /β-/		 mbúachaill

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

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