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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish búachaill (“cowherd”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, turn around”). Cognates include Breton bugel (“child”), Welsh bugail (“shepherd”), and Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”).
Pronunciation
Noun
buachaill m (genitive singular buachalla, nominative plural buachaillí)
- boy; young, unmarried man
- Synonyms: garsún (“pre-pubescent boy”), stócach (“teenage boy”)
a. 1916, Pádraig Pearse, translated by Desmond Maguire, Short Stories of Padraig Pearse, published 1989:'Cén sórt éadach a bhí an buachaill tuaith a bhí ag caitheamh?' arsa an dlíodóir.- 'What sort of clothes was the country boy wearing?' said the lawyer.
2013 August, Alex Hijmans, “Fiche Bliain ag Spalpadh Gaeilge [Twenty Years Rattling Off In Irish]”, in Beo!:Ba bheag suime a bhí agamsa, buachaill ocht mbliana déag d’aois as an Ollainn, sa chaint seo.- I, an eighteen-year-old boy from Holland, had little interest in this speech.
- boyfriend
- Synonyms: stócach, buachaill óg
- herdsman
- servant, male employee
- lad, boyo
- useful thing (referring to a masculine noun)
Is é an rinse an buachaill chun na hoibre.- The wrench is the right tool for the job.
Declension
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Mutation
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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búachaill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47
- ^ Ó Baoill, Dónall P. (1996) An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Uladh (in Irish), Dublin: Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann, →ISBN, § 1.3 (g), page 4: “'ua' go 'u/o' / bochaill (buachaill)”
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 28
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buachaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buachaill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “buachaill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish búachaill (“cowherd”), from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷōus (“cow”) + *kʷel (“to revolve, move around, sojourn”).
Pronunciation
Noun
buachaill m (genitive singular buachaille, plural buachaillean)
- cowherd
- herdsman, shepherd
- watch or protector of cattle of any kind
- youth
Derived terms
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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “buachaill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búachaill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language