búachaill
See also: buachaill
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos (compare Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos)), from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, move around, sojourn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːa̯xil͈ʲ/
Inflection
| Masculine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | |||
| Vocative | |||
| Accusative | |||
| Genitive | |||
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: buachaill
- Manx: bochilley
- Scottish Gaelic: buachaill, buachaille
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| búachaill | búachaill pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbúachaill |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “búachaill” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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