buaile

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish búaile.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuəlʲə/

Noun

buaile f (genitive singular buaile, nominative plural buailte or buailteacha)

shieling (area of summer pasture used for cattle, sheep etc.)
paddock (small enclosure or field)

Declension

Declension of buaile

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buaile	buailte
Vocative	a bhuaile	a bhuailte
Genitive	buaile	buailte
Dative	buaile	buailte

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhuaile	na buailte
Genitive	na buaile	na mbuailte
Dative	leis an mbuaile don bhuaile	leis na buailte

Derived terms

buailteachas

Descendants

→ English: booly

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buaile	bhuaile	mbuaile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 búaile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buaile”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 95
Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buaile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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