búistéir
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman boucher, from Old French bouchier (“goat slaughterer”), from bouc (“goat”).
Declension
Declension of búistéir
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- búistéireacht (“(act of) butchering, butchery”)
- ceap búistéara (“chopping-block”)
- scian bhúistéara (“butcher's cleaver”)
- siopa búistéara (“butcher's shop”)
- tua búistéara (“pole-axe”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| búistéir | bhúistéir | mbúistéir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “búistéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “búistéir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “búistéir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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