buinneach

Irish

Alternative forms

• boinneach

Pronunciation

• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /bˠɪˈɲax/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /bˠɪˈnʲax/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɪn̠ʲa(x)/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.

Noun

buinneach f (genitive singular buinní)

1. (medicine) scour, diarrhea

Declension

Declension of buinneach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative buinneach Vocative a bhuinneach Genitive buinní Dative buinneach buinnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhuinneach Genitive na buinní Dative leis an mbuinneach leis an mbuinnigh (archaic, dialectal) don bhuinneach don bhuinnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Synonyms

• scaoing (in animals)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish buinnech (“gushing, flowing”). By surface analysis, 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

Declension of buinneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	buinneach	bhuinneach	buinneacha; bhuinneacha²
Vocative	bhuinnigh		buinneacha
Genitive		buinní	buinneacha	buinneach
Dative	buinneach; bhuinneach¹	bhuinneach; bhuinnigh (archaic)	buinneacha; bhuinneacha²
Comparative	níos buinní
Superlative	is buinní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buinneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• buineach

Etymology

From Middle Irish buinnech (“diarrhoea”), from buinne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɲəx/

Noun

buinneach f (genitive singular buinnich, no plural)

1. (medicine) diarrhea

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “buinneach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN