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buinneach

buinneach

Irish

Alternative forms

Noun

buinneach f (genitive singular buinní)

  1. (medicine) scour, diarrhea
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish buinnech (gushing, flowing); synchronically, 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

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

  • "buinneach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • 1 buinnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 2 buinnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish buinnech (diarrhoea), from buinne.

Noun

a' bhuinneach f (genitive singular buinnich)

  1. (medicine) diarrhea

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
  • 2 buinnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.