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buain

buain

Irish

Verb

buain (present analytic buanann, future analytic buanfaidh, verbal noun buain, past participle buanta)

  1. (transitive) reap
  2. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of bain (extract, remove)
Conjugation

Noun

buain f (genitive singular buana)

  1. verbal noun of buain
Declension

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Adjective

buain

  1. inflection of buan:
    1. vocative and genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buain bhuain mbuain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "buain" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • búain” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • búainid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish búainid, from Old Irish búain (act of cutting, breaking; cutting down, reaping; crop, harvest), verbal noun of boingid (breaks, smites, strikes; cuts, reaps; plucks, gathers; exacts, levies).

Verb

buain (past bhuain, future buainidh, verbal noun buain, past participle buainte)

  1. (agriculture) reap, harvest, cut down, crop, mow
  2. shear
  3. pluck, pull, tear by the root
  4. engage

Derived terms

Noun

buain f (genitive singular buana, no plural)

  1. verbal noun of buain
  2. reaping, cutting down (as of corn), mowing, harvest
  3. value

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • búain” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • búainid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.