bustard

English
kori bustard, Ardeotis kori

Etymology

From Middle English bustarde, from an Anglo-Norman blend of Old French bistarde and oustarde, both from Latin avis tarda (“slow bird”), which is a misnomer as bustards are fast runners.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌs.təd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌs.tɚd/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Hyphenation: bus‧tard

Noun

bustard (plural bustards)

  1. Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
  2. (euphemistic, slang) bastard
    That bustard tried to conquer the world!

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bustard, from Old French bistarde.

Noun

bustard m (genitive singular bustaird, nominative plural bustaird)

  1. bustard

Declension
Declension of bustard

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bustard bustaird
Vocative a bhustaird a bhustarda
Genitive bustaird bustard
Dative bustard bustaird

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bustard na bustaird
Genitive an bhustaird na mbustard
Dative leis an mbustard

don bhustard

 leis na bustaird

Derived terms
  • ar bustard (“in the lurch”)

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

References
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