buail
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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish búailid (“beats, strikes, assaults; knocks (on); strikes, coins (money); stamps, impresses (a seal)”, verb).[1] See buille (“blow, stroke”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bˠuəlʲ/
- (Ulster, dated) IPA(key): /bˠiːlʲ/ (as if spelled baoil)
- (rapid speech) IPA(key): /bˠɔlʲ/
Verb
buail (present analytic buaileann, future analytic buailfidh, verbal noun bualadh, past participle buailte)
- (transitive, intransitive) strike, hit, beat
- An té a bhuailtear sa cheann bíonn eagla air. (proverb)
- A burnt child dreads the fire.
- defeat, beat
- strike out, make one's way, proceed
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:
- Do bhuail sé an cé isteach agus bhí Máire Bhán agus a leanbhín álainn roimis agus sceitimíní uirthi ag fáiltiughadh roimis.
- He made his way onto the quay, and Máire Bhán and her beautiful little child were waiting for him, and welcomed him excitedly.
- to clap (one's hands)
- to mint (coins)
Conjugation
conjugation of buail (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
buail | bhuail | mbuail |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búailid, búalaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- “buail”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buailim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 95
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish búalaid. See buille (“blow, stroke”).
Pronunciation
Verb
buail (past bhuail, future buailidh, verbal noun bualadh, past participle buailte)
Derived terms
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
buail | bhuail |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbɨ.ai̯l/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbi.ai̯l/
Noun
buail m pl
Mutation
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