búistéir

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman boucher, from Old French bouchier (goat slaughterer), from bouc (goat).

Noun

búistéir m (genitive singular búistéara, nominative plural búistéirí)

  1. butcher
    Synonym: feolaire

Declension

Derived terms

  • búistéireacht ((act of) butchering, butchery)
  • ceap búistéara (chopping-block)
  • scian bhúistéara (butcher's cleaver)
  • siopa búistéara (butcher's shop)
  • tua búistéara (pole-axe)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
búistéir bhúistéir mbúistéir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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