bustard

English

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Etymology

From Middle English bustarde, from an Anglo-Norman French blend of Old French bistarde and oustarde, both from Latin avis tarda ‘slow bird’; the name is unexplained, the bustards being swift runners.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʌs.təd/

Noun

bustard (plural bustards)

  1. Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bustard, from Old French bistarde.

Noun

bustard m (genitive singular bustaird, nominative plural bustaird)

  1. bustard

Declension

Derived terms

  • ar bustard (in the lurch)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bustard bhustard mbustard
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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