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buachaill

buachaill

See also: búachaill

Irish

Noun

buachaill m (genitive singular buachalla, nominative plural buachaillí)

  1. boy; young, unmarried man
  2. boyfriend
  3. herdsman
  4. servant, male employee
  5. lad, boyo
  6. useful thing (referring to a masculine noun)
    Is é an rinse an buachaill chun na hoibre.
    The wrench is the right tool for the job.

Declension

Synonyms

  • (boy): garsún
  • (boyfriend): stócach

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buachaill bhuachaill mbuachaill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish búachaill (cowherd), from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōwkol-, from *gʷōus (cow) + *kʷel (to revolve, move around, sojourn).

Noun

buachaill m (genitive singular buachaille, plural buachaillean)

  1. cowherd
  2. herdsman, shepherd
  3. watch or protector of cattle of any kind
  4. youth

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • búachaill” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.