buabhall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish búaball, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).

Pronunciation

Noun

buabhall m (genitive singular buabhaill, nominative plural buabhaill)

  1. buffalo
  2. bugle
    Synonym: stoc
  3. drinking-horn
    Synonyms: corn, corn óil

Declension

Declension of buabhall (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative buabhall buabhaill
vocative a bhuabhaill a bhuabhalla
genitive buabhaill buabhall
dative buabhall buabhaill
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an buabhall na buabhaill
genitive an bhuabhaill na mbuabhall
dative leis an mbuabhall
don bhuabhall 		leis na buabhaill

Derived terms

buffalo
bugle
  • barr buabhaill, beann buabhaill (“bugle-horn”)
  • buabhallaí (“bugler”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of buabhall
radical lenition eclipsis
buabhall bhuabhall mbuabhall

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish búaball, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puə.əl̪ˠ/

Noun

buabhall m (genitive singular buabhaill, plural buabhallan)

  1. buffalo
  2. bison, buffalo (Bison bison)
    Synonym: bìoson Ameireaganach
  3. stall (for cows)
  4. (archaic) unicorn
    Synonym: aon-adharcach

Derived terms

buffalo

See also

  • bìoson (“bison”, Bison bonasus)

Mutation

Mutation of buabhall
radical lenition
buabhall bhuabhall

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “buabhall”, 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), “búaball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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