buíon

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠiːnˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish buiden, from Proto-Celtic *budīnā, whence also Welsh byddin.

Noun

buíon f (genitive singular buíne, nominative plural buíonta)

  1. band, troop, company
  2. (music) band
  3. (military) platoon
  4. work gang
Declension
Declension of buíon (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative buíon buíonta
vocative a bhuíon a bhuíonta
genitive buíne buíonta
dative buíon
buín (archaic, dialectal)
buíonta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhuíon na buíonta
genitive na buíne na mbuíonta
dative leis an mbuíon
leis an mbuín (archaic, dialectal)
don bhuíon
don bhuín (archaic, dialectal)
leis na buíonta
Alternative forms
Synonyms
  • (band of musicians): banna, banna ceoil, buíon cheoil
  • (work gang): buíon oibre

Etymology 2

Verb

buíon (present analytic buíonann, future analytic buíonfaidh, verbal noun buíon, past participle buíonta)

  1. (transitive) alternative form of buain (reap)
Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of buíon
radical lenition eclipsis
buíon bhuíon mbuíon

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

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