buile

See also: buille

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish baile, buile, boile (vision; frenzy, madness (originally arising out of supernatural revelations)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠɪlʲə/

Noun

buile f (genitive singular buile)

  1. madness, frenzy

Declension

Declension of buile (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative buile
vocative a bhuile
genitive buile
dative buile
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bhuile
genitive na buile
dative leis an mbuile
don bhuile

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of buile
radical lenition eclipsis
buile bhuile mbuile

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

buile f

  1. genitive singular of buil