buinne

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish buinne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲə/

Noun

buinne m (genitive singular buinne, nominative plural buinní)

  1. (botany) shoot
  2. (of water) torrent, spout
  3. (music) reed
  4. scion
  5. (basketry) course of interwoven rods, wale; (of container) brim
  6. hoop
  7. ridge
  8. (of shoe) welt
  9. projecting lip, flange (of vessel)
  10. band, bracelet
  11. (mechanical engineering) shroud

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buinne bhuinne mbuinne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Irish

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Celtic *bennā or *bondyo- (bracelet), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (bind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbun͈ʲe/

Noun

buinne n (genitive buinni, nominative plural buinne)

  1. torrent, flood; stream, current, wave
  2. (medicine) diarrhœa, flux; pus
  3. (botany) sprig, sprout, stalk; sapling
  4. circlet, (arm-)ring, bracelet
  5. wattle, wickerwork (of building structure)

Declension

Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative buinneN buinneL buinneL
Vocative buinneN buinneL buinneL
Accusative buinneN buinneL buinneL
Genitive buinniL buinneL buinneN
Dative buinniuL buinnib buinnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • buinnech1 (gushing, flowing)
  • buinnech2 (diarrhoea)
  • buinnén (sprig, shoot; scion, stripling)

Descendants

  • Irish: buinne

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
buinne buinne
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbuinne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish buinne.

Noun

buinne f

  1. statue, bust
  2. current
  3. (botany) sanicle

Synonyms

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