buairt

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish buaidirt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠuəɾˠtʲ/

Noun

buairt f (genitive singular buartha, nominative plural buarthaí)

  1. sorrow, vexation, devastation
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 196:
      Ní fada nuair a bhí sí an méid sin buadhartha curtha aici di.
      It didn’t take her long to get over this amount of grief.

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buairt bhuairt mbuairt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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