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buan
buan
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish búan (“lasting, enduring; constant, firm, persevering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bˠuənˠ/
Adjective
buan (genitive singular masculine buain, genitive singular feminine buaine, plural buana, comparative buaine)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | buan | bhuan | buana; bhuana² |
|
| Vocative | bhuain | buana | ||
| Genitive | buaine | buana | buan | |
| Dative | buan; bhuan¹ |
bhuan; bhuain (archaic) |
buana; bhuana² |
|
| Comparative | níos buaine | |||
| Superlative | is buaine | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- buan- (“permanent, perpetual; fixed”)
Related terms
- buanaigh (“perpetuate”, transitive verb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buan | bhuan | mbuan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "buan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 búan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian bāne. Cognates include West Frisian beane.
Noun
buan m (plural buanen)
Old English
Verb
būan
- to live or dwell
- He būde on Ēast-Englum: he lived with the East Angles. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
- to inhabit, to occupy
- Ne mæg mon meduseld būan: a man may not occupy the mead-bench, (Beowulf)
Conjugation
| infinitive | būan | tō būanne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | būe | būde |
| 2nd-person singular | būst | būdest |
| 3rd-person singular | bȳþ | būde |
| plural | būaþ | būdon |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| singular | būe | būde |
| plural | būen | būden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | bū | |
| plural | būaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| būende | bȳn, ġebūn | |
Derived terms
- ġebūr m
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *būaną, whence also Old English būan, Old Norse búa.
Verb
būan
- to build
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *būaną, whence also Old English būan, Old Norse búa.
Verb
būan
- to build
Descendants
- Low German: boen
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish búan (“lasting, enduring; constant, firm, persevering”).
Adjective
buan
Synonyms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| buan | bhuan |
| 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
- “1 búan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Welsh
Etymology
Compare Old Breton buenion, modern Breton buan.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbɨ.an/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbiː.an/
Adjective
buan (feminine singular buan, plural buain, equative buaned, comparative buanach, superlative buanaf)
Derived terms
- yn fuan (“soon”)
- mor fuan â phosibl (“as soon as possible”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| buan | fuan | muan | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “buan” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.