buíon

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠiːnˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish buiden, from Proto-Celtic *budīnā, whence also Welsh byddin.

Noun

buíon f (genitive singular buíne, nominative plural buíonta)

  1. band, troop, company
  2. (music) band
  3. (military) platoon
  4. work gang
Declension
Alternative forms
Synonyms
  • (band of musicians): banna, banna ceoil, buíon cheoil
  • (work gang): buíon oibre

Verb

buíon (present analytic buíonann, future analytic buíonfaidh, verbal noun buíon, past participle buíonta)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of buain (reap)
Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buíon bhuíon mbuíon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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