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buille

buille

See also: buile

Irish

Noun

buille m ‎(genitive singular buille, nominative plural buillí)

blow, stroke
(speech, music, etc.) beat
(as adverb) a little, somewhat

Declension

Declension of buille

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buille	buillí
Vocative	a bhuille	a bhuillí
Genitive	buille	buillí
Dative	buille	buillí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an buille	na buillí
Genitive	an bhuille	na mbuillí
Dative	leis an mbuille don bhuille	leis na buillí

Derived terms

builleach ‎(“striking, given to striking”)
débhuilleach ‎(“duple”)
slisbhuille ‎(“cut, slice; glancing blow”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buille	bhuille	mbuille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish buille, from Old Irish builne ‎(“blow, strike”).

Noun

buille f ‎(genitive singular buille, plural buillean or builleannan)

Synonyms

beum
bualadh

Derived terms

buille chultarail ‎(“culture shock”)