buain

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠuənʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish búainid, from Old Irish búain (“act of cutting, breaking”), verbal noun of boingid (“to cut, break”).

Verb

buain (present analytic buanann, future analytic buanfaidh, verbal noun buain, past participle buanta)

  1. (transitive) reap
  2. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of bain (“extract, remove”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present buanaim buanann tú;
buanair†		 buanann sé, sí buanaimid buanann sibh buanann siad;
buanaid†		 a bhuanann; a bhuanas /
a mbuanann*; a mbuanas*		 buantar
past bhuain mé; bhuanas bhuain tú; bhuanais bhuain sé, sí bhuanamar; bhuain muid bhuain sibh; bhuanabhair bhuain siad; bhuanadar a bhuain /
ar bhuain*		 buanadh
past habitual bhuanainn bhuantá bhuanadh sé, sí bhuanaimis; bhuanadh muid bhuanadh sibh bhuanaidís; bhuanadh siad a bhuanadh /
ar bhuanadh*		 bhuantaí
future buanfaidh mé;
buanfad		 buanfaidh tú;
buanfair†		 buanfaidh sé, sí buanfaimid;
buanfaidh muid		 buanfaidh sibh buanfaidh siad;
buanfaid†		 a bhuanfaidh; a bhuanfas /
a mbuanfaidh*; a mbuanfas*		 buanfar
conditional bhuanfainn / mbuanfainn‡‡ bhuanfá / mbuanfᇇ bhuanfadh sé, sí / mbuanfadh sé, s퇇 bhuanfaimis; bhuanfadh muid / mbuanfaimis‡‡; mbuanfadh muid‡‡ bhuanfadh sibh / mbuanfadh sibh‡‡ bhuanfaidís; bhuanfadh siad / mbuanfaidís‡‡; mbuanfadh siad‡‡ a bhuanfadh /
ar bhuanfadh*		 bhuanfaí / mbuanfa퇇
subjunctive present go mbuana mé;
go mbuanad†		 go mbuana tú;
go mbuanair†		 go mbuana sé, sí go mbuanaimid;
go mbuana muid		 go mbuana sibh go mbuana siad;
go mbuanaid†		 — go mbuantar
past dá mbuanainn dá mbuantá dá mbuanadh sé, sí dá mbuanaimis;
dá mbuanadh muid		 dá mbuanadh sibh dá mbuanaidís;
dá mbuanadh siad		 — dá mbuantaí
imperative buanaim buain buanadh sé, sí buanaimis buanaigí;
buanaidh†		 buanaidís — buantar
verbal noun buan
past participle buanta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Noun

buain f (genitive singular buana)

  1. verbal noun of buain
Declension
Declension of buain

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative buain
Vocative a bhuain
Genitive buana
Dative buain

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an bhuain
Genitive na buana
Dative leis an mbuain

don bhuain

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

buain

  1. inflection of buan:
    1. vocative and genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buain bhuain mbuain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "buain" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “búain” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “búainid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish búainid, from Old Irish búain (“act of cutting, breaking; cutting down, reaping; crop, harvest”), verbal noun of boingid (“breaks, smites, strikes; cuts, reaps; plucks, gathers; exacts, levies”).

Verb

buain (past bhuain, future buainidh, verbal noun buain, past participle buainte)

  1. (agriculture) reap, harvest, cut down, crop, mow
  2. shear
  3. pluck, pull, tear by the root
  4. engage

Derived terms

Noun

buain f (genitive singular buana, no plural)

  1. verbal noun of buain
  2. reaping, cutting down (as of corn), mowing, harvest
  3. value

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “búain” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “búainid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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