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buain
buain
Irish
Verb
buain (present analytic buanann, future analytic buanfaidh, verbal noun buain, past participle buanta)
- (transitive) reap
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of bain (“extract, remove”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | buanaim | buanann tú; buanair† |
buanann sé, sí | buanaimid | buanann sibh | buanann siad; buanaid† |
a bhuanann; a bhuanas / a mbuanann*; a mbuanas* |
buantar |
| past | bhuain mé; bhuanas | bhuain tú; bhuanais | bhuain sé, sí | bhuanamar; bhuain muid | bhuain sibh; bhuanabhair | bhuain siad; bhuanadar | a bhuain / ar bhuain* |
buanadh | |
| past habitual | bhuanainn | bhuantá | bhuanadh sé, sí | bhuanaimis; bhuanadh muid | bhuanadh sibh | bhuanaidís; bhuanadh siad | a bhuanadh / ar bhuanadh* |
bhuantaí | |
| future | buanfaidh mé; buanfad |
buanfaidh tú; buanfair† |
buanfaidh sé, sí | buanfaimid; buanfaidh muid |
buanfaidh sibh | buanfaidh siad; buanfaid† |
a bhuanfaidh; a bhuanfas / a mbuanfaidh*; a mbuanfas* |
buanfar | |
| conditional | bhuanfainn | bhuanfá | bhuanfadh sé, sí | bhuanfaimis; bhuanfadh muid | bhuanfadh sibh | bhuanfaidís; bhuanfadh siad | a bhuanfadh / ar bhuanfadh* |
bhuanfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go mbuana mé; go mbuanad† |
go mbuana tú; go mbuanair† |
go mbuana sé, sí | go mbuanaimid; go mbuana muid |
go mbuana sibh | go mbuana siad; go mbuanaid† |
— | go mbuantar |
| past | dá mbuanainn | dá mbuantá | dá mbuanadh sé, sí | dá mbuanaimis; dá mbuanadh muid |
dá mbuanadh sibh | dá mbuanaidís; dá mbuanadh siad |
— | dá mbuantaí | |
| imperative | buanaim | buain | buanadh sé, sí | buanaimis | buanaigí; buanaidh† |
buanaidís | — | buantar | |
| verbal noun | buan | ||||||||
| past participle | buanta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Noun
buain f (genitive singular buana)
- verbal noun of buain
Declension
Declension of buain
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Adjective
buain
- inflection of buan:
- vocative and genitive masculine singular
- (archaic) dative feminine singular
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buain | bhuain | mbuain |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "buain" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “búain” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “búainid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish búainid, from Old Irish búain (“act of cutting, breaking; cutting down, reaping; crop, harvest”), verbal noun of boingid (“breaks, smites, strikes; cuts, reaps; plucks, gathers; exacts, levies”).
Verb
buain (past bhuain, future buainidh, verbal noun buain, past participle buainte)
Derived terms
Noun
buain f (genitive singular buana, no plural)
- verbal noun of buain
- reaping, cutting down (as of corn), mowing, harvest
- value
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
- “búain” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “búainid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.