buail

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish búailid (beats, strikes, assaults; knocks (on); strikes, coins (money); stamps, impresses (a seal), verb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠuəlʲ/
  • (rapid speech) IPA(key): /bˠɔlʲ/

Verb

buail (present analytic buaileann, future analytic buailfidh, verbal noun bualadh, past participle buailte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) strike, hit, beat
    An té a bhuailtear sa cheann bíonn eagla air. (proverb)
    A burnt child dreads the fire.
    1. (sports, cooking, etc.) beat
    2. defeat, overcome
    3. strike repeatedly, rhythmically
      1. (agriculture) thresh
    4. pulsate
    5. beat into shape
      1. (money) mint
    6. strike down
    7. (of appetites, emotions) seize, take hold of
    8. strike course, proceed
    9. touch, reach
    10. place, put, take

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • clóbhuail (print, transitive verb)
  • frithbhuail (strike against; beat back, check; kick back, recoil; pulsate, throb, verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buail bhuail mbuail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish búalaid

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuɪl/

Verb

buail (past bhuail, future buailidh, verbal noun bualadh, past participle buailte)

  1. strike, hit, bang, beat, smite, knock, pelt, rap, thrust, thump
  2. thrash, thresh (corn)
  3. coin

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
buailbhuail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

Noun

buail m pl

  1. plural of bual

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
buail fuail muail unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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