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

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• buachaille

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

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.