buinneán

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Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From buinne +‎ -án.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

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)
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Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

buinneán m (genitive singular buinneáin, nominative plural buinneáin)

  1. bunion
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Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

buinneán m (genitive singular buinneáin, nominative plural buinneáin)

  1. Ulster form of bonnán (bittern)
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Mutation[edit]

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[edit]

  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

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