buail

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish búailid (“beats, strikes, assaults; knocks (on); strikes, coins (money); stamps, impresses (a seal)”, verb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bˠuəlʲ/
  • (rapid speech) IPA(key): /bˠɔlʲ/

Verb

buail (present analytic buaileann, future analytic buailfidh, verbal noun bualadh, past participle buailte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) strike, hit, beat
    An té a bhuailtear sa cheann bíonn eagla air. (proverb)
    A burnt child dreads the fire.
    1. (sports, cooking, etc.) beat
    2. defeat, overcome
    3. strike repeatedly, rhythmically
      1. (agriculture) thresh
    4. pulsate
    5. beat into shape
      1. (money) mint
    6. strike down
    7. (of appetites, emotions) seize, take hold of
    8. strike course, proceed
    9. touch, reach
    10. place, put, take

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present buailim buaileann tú;
buailir†		 buaileann sé, sí buailimid buaileann sibh buaileann siad;
buailid†		 a bhuaileann; a bhuaileas /
a mbuaileann*; a mbuaileas*		 buailtear
past bhuail mé; bhuaileas bhuail tú; bhuailis bhuail sé, sí bhuaileamar; bhuail muid bhuail sibh; bhuaileabhair bhuail siad; bhuaileadar a bhuail /
ar bhuail*		 buaileadh
past habitual bhuailinn bhuailteá bhuaileadh sé, sí bhuailimis; bhuaileadh muid bhuaileadh sibh bhuailidís; bhuaileadh siad a bhuaileadh /
ar bhuaileadh*		 bhuailtí
future buailfidh mé;
buailfead		 buailfidh tú;
buailfir†		 buailfidh sé, sí buailfimid;
buailfidh muid		 buailfidh sibh buailfidh siad;
buailfid†		 a bhuailfidh; a bhuailfeas /
a mbuailfidh*; a mbuailfeas*		 buailfear
conditional bhuailfinn / mbuailfinn‡‡ bhuailfeá / mbuailfeᇇ bhuailfeadh sé, sí / mbuailfeadh sé, s퇇 bhuailfimis; bhuailfeadh muid / mbuailfimis‡‡; mbuailfeadh muid‡‡ bhuailfeadh sibh / mbuailfeadh sibh‡‡ bhuailfidís; bhuailfeadh siad / mbuailfidís‡‡; mbuailfeadh siad‡‡ a bhuailfeadh /
ar bhuailfeadh*		 bhuailfí / mbuailf퇇
subjunctive present go mbuaile mé;
go mbuailead†		 go mbuaile tú;
go mbuailir†		 go mbuaile sé, sí go mbuailimid;
go mbuaile muid		 go mbuaile sibh go mbuaile siad;
go mbuailid†		 — go mbuailtear
past dá mbuailinn dá mbuailteá dá mbuaileadh sé, sí dá mbuailimis;
dá mbuaileadh muid		 dá mbuaileadh sibh dá mbuailidís;
dá mbuaileadh siad		 — dá mbuailtí
imperative buailim buail buaileadh sé, sí buailimis buailigí;
buailidh†		 buailidís — buailtear
verbal noun bualadh
past participle buailte

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms
  • clóbhuail (“print”, transitive verb)
  • frithbhuail (“strike against; beat back, check; kick back, recoil; pulsate, throb”, verb)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buail bhuail mbuail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish búalaid

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbuɪl/

Verb

buail (past bhuail, future buailidh, verbal noun bualadh, past participle buailte)

  1. strike, hit, bang, beat, smite, knock, pelt, rap, thrust, thump
  2. thrash, thresh (corn)
  3. coin

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
buailbhuail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

Noun

buail m pl

  1. plural of bual

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
buail fuail muail unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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