buinne

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish buinne.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲə/

Noun

buinne m (genitive singular buinne, nominative plural buinní)

  1. (botany) shoot
  2. (of water) torrent, spout
  3. (music) reed
  4. scion
  5. (basketry) course of interwoven rods, wale; (of container) brim
  6. hoop
  7. ridge
  8. (of shoe) welt
  9. (of vessel) projecting lip, flange
  10. band, bracelet
  11. (mechanical engineering) shroud

Declension
Declension of buinne

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative buinne buinní
Vocative a bhuinne a bhuinní
Genitive buinne buinní
Dative buinne buinní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an buinne na buinní
Genitive an bhuinne na mbuinní
Dative leis an mbuinne

don bhuinne

 leis na buinní

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

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

Old Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbun͈ʲe/

Noun

buinne n (genitive buinni, nominative plural buinne)

  1. torrent, flood; stream, current, wave
  2. (medicine) diarrhœa, flux; pus
  3. (botany) sprig, sprout, stalk; sapling
  4. circlet, (arm-)ring, bracelet
  5. (of building structure) wattle, wickerwork

Declension
Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative buinne buinneL buinneL
Vocative buinni buinneL buinneL
Accusative buinne buinneL buinneL
Genitive buinniL buinneL buinneN
Dative buinniuL buinnib buinnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • buinnech1 (“gushing, flowing”)
  • buinnech2 (“diarrhoea”)
  • buinnén (“sprig, shoot; scion, stripling”)

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
buinne buinne
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbuinne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “buinne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Noun

buinne f

  1. statue, bust
  2. current
  3. (botany) sanicle

Synonyms
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