Irish

Alternative forms

• boinne

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. (of vessel) projecting lip, flange
10. band, bracelet
11. (mechanical engineering) shroud

Declension

Mutation

References

• “buinne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• "buinne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

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. (of building structure) wattle, wickerwork

Declension

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Irish: buinne

Mutation

References

• “buinne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

buinne f

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

Synonyms

• (statue): ìomhaigh
• (sanicle): bodan-coille