buille

See also: buile

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish buille, from Old Irish builne (“blow, strike”), perhaps from the same root as buail (“to strike, beat”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɪlʲə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɪl̠ʲə/
• Homophone: buile (Munster)

Noun

buille m (genitive singular buille, nominative plural buillí)

1. blow, stroke

   Synonyms: béim, cíonán

2. (speech, music, etc.) beat

   Synonym: béim

3. (as adverb) a little, somewhat

Declension

Declension of buille

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative buille buillí Vocative a bhuille a bhuillí Genitive buille buillí Dative buille buillí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an buille na buillí Genitive an bhuille na mbuillí Dative leis an mbuille don bhuille leis na buillí

Derived terms

• buille an chroí m (“heartbeat”)
• buille faoi thuairim
• buille sa bhéim m (“felling blow”)
• builleach (“striking, given to striking”, adjective)
• débhuilleach (“duple”, adjective)
• scuab-bhuille (“sweeping blow”)
• slisbhuille (“cut, slice; glancing blow”)
• taobh-bhuille (“side-stroke”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buille	bhuille	mbuille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “buille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish buille, from Old Irish builne (“blow, strike”), perhaps from the same root as buail (“to strike, beat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuʎə/

Noun

buille f (genitive singular buille, plural buillean or builleannan)

1. hit, blow, stroke
2. stress, emphasis, importance
3. (speech, music) stress, beat

Synonyms

• beum
• bualadh

Derived terms

• buille chultarail (“culture shock”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
buille	bhuille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “buille”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page buille