buidhe

Irish

Adjective

buidhe

1. Superseded spelling of buí (“yellow”).

Mutation

Mutated forms of buidhe

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buidhe	bhuidhe	mbuidhe

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ujə/^[1], (Lewis) [ˈb̥ʊjə]^[2]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ui.ʌ]^[3]
• Hyphenation: bui‧dhe

Etymology 1

From Old Irish buide (“yellow”),^[4] from Proto-Celtic *bodyos (“yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bodyos (“yellow, brown”), source of Latin badius.

Adjective

buidhe (comparative buidhe)

1. yellow

Derived terms

• fiabhras-buidhe (“yellow fever”)
• fo-bhuidhe (“yellowish”)
• gealag bhuidhe (“siskin”)
• iolair-bhuidhe (“golden eagle”)
• Là Buidhe Bealltainn (“Beltane”)
• lus buidhe Bealltainn (“marsh marigold”)

 

See also

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)

bàn, geal	glas	dubh
dearg; ruadh	orains; donn	buidhe; donn
uaine	uaine	gorm
liath; glas	liath	gorm
purpaidh; guirmean	pinc; purpaidh	pinc

Etymology 2

From Old Irish buide (“thanks, gratitude”), from Proto-Celtic *bodiyā, from *bodos (“good will”) (compare Welsh bodd (“good will”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”).

Adjective

buidhe (comparative buidhe)

1. glad, grateful
2. fortunate, lucky

   nach buidhe dhut! ― aren't you lucky!

Mutation

Mutation of buidhe

radical	lenition
buidhe	bhuidhe

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

References

1. Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 112
2. Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
3. Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
4. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 buide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “buidhe”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN