bugail
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *bʉgöl, from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, turn around”).
Cognates include Cornish bugel (“shepherd”), Breton bugel (“child”), Irish buachaill (“boy”), Scottish Gaelic buachaille (“herder”), Manx bochil (“shepherd”) and Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbɪɡai̯l/
- (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbɪɡɛl/
- (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /ˈbiːɡai̯l/, /ˈbɪɡai̯l/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbiːɡɛl/, /ˈbɪɡɛl/
Usage notes
- Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /ɪ/ in north Wales.
Derived terms
- bugeilio (“to shepherd”)
- bugeiliol (“pastoral”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| bugail | fugail | mugail | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “bugail”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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