buinneán

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲanˠ/, /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲan̪ˠ/[1]

Etymology 1

From buinne + -án.

Alternative forms

Noun

buinneán m (genitive singular buinneáin, nominative plural buinneáin)

  1. shoot (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
    Synonym: beangán
  2. sapling (young tree)
  3. scion (descendant)
Declension

Etymology 2

From English bunion, adapted to the suffix -án and assimilated to etymology 1.

Noun

buinneán m (genitive singular buinneáin, nominative plural buinneáin)

  1. bunion
Declension

Noun

buinneán m (genitive singular buinneáin, nominative plural buinneáin)

  1. Ulster form of bonnán (bittern)
Declension
Derived terms
  • buinneán buí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buinneán bhuinneán mbuinneán
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. buinneán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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