buaine

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠuənʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish búaine (“quality of being lasting; permanence; constancy”), from búan (modern buan).

Noun

buaine f (genitive singular buaine)

  1. permanence, durability; longevity
Declension
Declension of buaine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative buaine
Vocative a bhuaine
Genitive buaine
Dative buaine

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bhuaine
Genitive na buaine
Dative leis an mbuaine

don bhuaine

Alternative forms
  • buaineacht f
  • buaineadas m
  • buaineas m

Etymology 2

Adjective

buaine

  1. genitive singular feminine of buan
  2. comparative degree of buan

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

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