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

Mutated forms of buabhall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buabhall	bhuabhall	mbuabhall

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

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]‎, 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