buaine
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish búaine (“quality of being lasting; permanence; constancy”). By surface analysis, buan + -e.
Noun
buaine f (genitive singular buaine)
- permanence, durability; longevity
- Synonyms: buaineacht, buaineadas, buaineas
Declension
Declension of buaine
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
buaine
- inflection of buan (“during, permanent; steadfast, solid”):
- genitive singular feminine
- comparative degree
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buaine | bhuaine | mbuaine |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Entries containing “buaine” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “buaine” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buaine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “búaine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 28
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