buabhall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish búaball, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [ˈbˠuəvˠəl̪ˠ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈbˠuəwəl̪ˠ]

Noun

buabhall m (genitive singular buabhaill, nominative plural buabhaill)

1. buffalo
2. bugle

   Synonym: stoc

3. drinking-horn

   Synonyms: corn, corn óil

Declension

Declension of buabhall

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative buabhall buabhaill Vocative a bhuabhaill a bhuabhalla Genitive buabhaill buabhall Dative buabhall buabhaill

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an buabhall na buabhaill Genitive an bhuabhaill na mbuabhall Dative leis an mbuabhall don bhuabhall leis na buabhaill

Derived terms

buffalo

• buabhall fiáin Áiseach
• buabhall rinne
• buabhall uisce

 

bugle

• barr buabhaill, beann buabhaill (“bugle-horn”)
• buabhallaí (“bugler”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buabhall	bhuabhall	mbuabhall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buabhall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búaball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buabhall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “buabhall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish búaball, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puə.əl̪ˠ/

Noun

buabhall m (genitive singular buabhaill, plural buabhallan)

1. buffalo
2. bison, buffalo (Bison bison)

   Synonym: bìoson Ameireaganach

3. stall (for cows)
4. (archaic) unicorn

   Synonym: aon-adharcach

Derived terms

buffalo

• buabhall Afragach, buabhall Ceap (“African buffalo, Cape buffalo”)
• buabhall uisge (“water buffalo”)

 

See also

• bìoson (“bison”, Bison bonasus)

Mutation

Mutation of buabhall

radical	lenition
buabhall	bhuabhall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “buabhall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búaball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language