buinneach

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.

Noun

buinneach f (genitive singular buinní)

  1. (medicine) scour, diarrhea
Declension
Declension of buinneach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative buinneach
Vocative a bhuinneach
Genitive buinní
Dative buinneach

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bhuinneach
Genitive na buinní
Dative leis an mbuinneach

don bhuinneach

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish buinnech (“gushing, flowing”); synchronically, buinne (“torrent, spout”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

buinneach (genitive singular masculine buinnigh, genitive singular feminine buinní, plural buinneacha)

  1. shooting, surging
  2. (medicine, of sore, etc.) discharging
Declension
Declension of buinneach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative buinneach bhuinneach buinneacha;
bhuinneacha²
Vocative bhuinnigh buinneacha
Genitive buinní buinneacha buinneach
Dative buinneach;
bhuinneach¹		 bhuinneach;
bhuinnigh (archaic)		 buinneacha;
bhuinneacha²
Comparative níos buinní
Superlative is buinní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.

Pronunciation

Noun

a' bhuinneach f (genitive singular buinnich)

  1. (medicine) diarrhea

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