buair

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠuəɾʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish búaidrid (to disturb, trouble), from búaidre (confusion, trouble).[1]

Verb

buair (present analytic buaireann, future analytic buairfidh, verbal noun buaireamh, past participle buartha)

  1. (ambitransitive) to grieve
  2. to vex, perturb
Conjugation
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

buair m

  1. genitive singular of buar

Mutation

Mutated forms of buair
radical lenition eclipsis
buair bhuair mbuair

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búaidrid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish búaidrid (to disturb, trouble), from búaidre (confusion, trouble).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puəɾʲ/

Verb

buair (past bhuair, future buairidh, verbal noun buaireadh, past participle buairte)

  1. to disturb, trouble, upset
  2. to tempt

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búaidrid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “buair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN