buidhe

Irish

Adjective

buidhe

  1. Superseded spelling of buí (“yellow”).

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpujə/, [ˈpʊjə], [ˈpui.ə]
  • Hyphenation: bui‧dhe

Etymology 1

From Old Irish buide (“yellow”), from Proto-Celtic *bodyos (“yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bodyos (“yellow, brown”), source of Latin badius.

Adjective

buidhe (comparative buidhe)

  1. yellow
Derived terms
See also
Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)
     bàn, geal      glas      dubh
             dearg; ruadh              orains; donn              buidhe; donn
             uaine              uaine              gorm
             liath; glas              liath              gorm
             purpaidh; guirmean              pinc; purpaidh              pinc

Etymology 2

From Old Irish buide (“thanks, gratitude”), from Proto-Celtic *bodiyā, from *bodos (“good will”) (compare Welsh bodd (“good will”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”).

Adjective

buidhe (comparative buidhe)

  1. glad, grateful
  2. fortunate, lucky
    nach buidhe dhut! ― aren't you lucky!

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
buidhebhuidhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “buidhe”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 buide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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