buarach
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish búarach, from bó (“cow”) + árach (“bond, fetter”)
Pronunciation
Noun
buarach f (genitive singular buaraí, nominative plural buaracha)
- spancel (for a cow during milking)
Declension
Declension of buarach
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buarach | bhuarach | mbuarach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 búarach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “buaraċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 97.
- "buarach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 28
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