buinneán

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲanˠ/, /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲan̪ˠ/[1]

Etymology 1

From buinne +‎ -án.

Alternative forms

Noun

buinneán m (genitive singular buinneáin, nominative plural buinneáin)

  1. shoot (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
    Synonym: beangán
  2. sapling (young tree)
  3. scion (descendant)
Declension
Declension of buinneán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative buinneán buinneáin
vocative a bhuinneáin a bhuinneána
genitive buinneáin buinneán
dative buinneán buinneáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an buinneán na buinneáin
genitive an bhuinneáin na mbuinneán
dative leis an mbuinneán
don bhuinneán 		leis na buinneáin
Descendants
  • → Yola: bunyane, bunnyane, bungyawn

Etymology 2

From English bunion, adapted to the suffix -án and assimilated to etymology 1.

Noun

buinneán m (genitive singular buinneáin, nominative plural buinneáin)

  1. bunion
Declension
Declension of buinneán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative buinneán buinneáin
vocative a bhuinneáin a bhuinneána
genitive buinneáin buinneán
dative buinneán buinneáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an buinneán na buinneáin
genitive an bhuinneáin na mbuinneán
dative leis an mbuinneán
don bhuinneán 		leis na buinneáin

Etymology 3

Noun

buinneán m (genitive singular buinneáin, nominative plural buinneáin)

  1. Ulster form of bonnán (“bittern”)
Declension
Declension of buinneán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative buinneán buinneáin
vocative a bhuinneáin a bhuinneána
genitive buinneáin buinneán
dative buinneán buinneáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an buinneán na buinneáin
genitive an bhuinneáin na mbuinneán
dative leis an mbuinneán
don bhuinneán 		leis na buinneáin
Derived terms
  • buinneán buí

Mutation

Mutated forms of buinneán
radical lenition eclipsis
buinneán bhuinneán mbuinneán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90
  2. ^ “buinneán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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