buinneach

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.[2]

Noun

buinneach f (genitive singular buinní)

  1. (medicine) scour, diarrhea
Declension
Declension of buinneach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative buinneach
Vocative a bhuinneach
Genitive buinní
Dative buinneach
buinnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bhuinneach
Genitive na buinní
Dative leis an mbuinneach
leis an mbuinnigh (archaic, dialectal)

don bhuinneach
don bhuinnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish buinnech (“gushing, flowing”).[3] By surface analysis, buinne (“torrent, spout”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

buinneach (genitive singular masculine buinnigh, genitive singular feminine buinní, plural buinneacha)

  1. shooting, surging
  2. (medicine, of sore, etc.) discharging
Declension
Declension of buinneach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative buinneach bhuinneach buinneacha;
bhuinneacha²
Vocative bhuinnigh buinneacha
Genitive buinní buinneacha buinneach
Dative buinneach;
bhuinneach¹		 bhuinneach;
bhuinnigh (archaic)		 buinneacha;
bhuinneacha²
Comparative níos buinní
Superlative is buinní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buinneach bhuinneach mbuinneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 buinnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 buinnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpuɲəx/

Noun

buinneach f (genitive singular buinnich, no plural)

  1. (medicine) diarrhea

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 buinnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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