buair

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish búaidrid (“disturbs, troubles, harasses, confuses”, verb), from búaidre f (“confusion, distraction, disturbance”).

Verb

buair (present analytic buaireann, future analytic buairfidh, verbal noun buaireamh, past participle buartha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) grieve; vex, perturb
Conjugation
conjugation of buair (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present buairim buaireann tú;
buairir† 		buaireann sé, sí buairimid buaireann sibh buaireann siad;
buairid† 		a bhuaireann; a bhuaireas /
a mbuaireann* 		buairtear
past bhuair mé; bhuaireas bhuair tú; bhuairis bhuair sé, sí bhuaireamar; bhuair muid bhuair sibh; bhuaireabhair bhuair siad; bhuaireadar a bhuair /
ar bhuair* 		buaireadh
past habitual bhuairinn / mbuairinn‡‡ bhuairteá / mbuairteᇇ bhuaireadh sé, sí / mbuaireadh sé, s퇇 bhuairimis; bhuaireadh muid / mbuairimis‡‡; mbuaireadh muid‡‡ bhuaireadh sibh / mbuaireadh sibh‡‡ bhuairidís; bhuaireadh siad / mbuairidís‡‡; mbuaireadh siad‡‡ a bhuaireadh /
a mbuaireadh* 		bhuairtí / mbuairt퇇
future buairfidh mé;
buairfead 		buairfidh tú;
buairfir† 		buairfidh sé, sí buairfimid;
buairfidh muid 		buairfidh sibh buairfidh siad;
buairfid† 		a bhuairfidh; a bhuairfeas /
a mbuairfidh* 		buairfear
conditional bhuairfinn / mbuairfinn‡‡ bhuairfeá / mbuairfeᇇ bhuairfeadh sé, sí / mbuairfeadh sé, s퇇 bhuairfimis; bhuairfeadh muid / mbuairfimis‡‡; mbuairfeadh muid‡‡ bhuairfeadh sibh / mbuairfeadh sibh‡‡ bhuairfidís; bhuairfeadh siad / mbuairfidís‡‡; mbuairfeadh siad‡‡ a bhuairfeadh /
a mbuairfeadh* 		bhuairfí / mbuairf퇇
subjunctive present go mbuaire mé;
go mbuairead† 		go mbuaire tú;
go mbuairir† 		go mbuaire sé, sí go mbuairimid;
go mbuaire muid 		go mbuaire sibh go mbuaire siad;
go mbuairid† 		— go mbuairtear
past dá mbuairinn dá mbuairteá dá mbuaireadh sé, sí dá mbuairimis;
dá mbuaireadh muid 		dá mbuaireadh sibh dá mbuairidís;
dá mbuaireadh siad 		— dá mbuairtí
imperative buairim buair buaireadh sé, sí buairimis buairigí;
buairidh† 		buairidís — buairtear
verbal noun buaireamh
past participle buartha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

buair m

  1. genitive singular of buar

Mutation

Mutated forms of buair
radical lenition eclipsis
buair bhuair mbuair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish búaidrid (“disturbs, troubles, harasses, confuses”, verb), from búaidre f (“confusion, distraction, disturbance”).

Verb

buair (past bhuair, future buairidh, verbal noun buaireadh, past participle buairte)

  1. disturb, trouble, upset
  2. tempt

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “buair”, 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), “búaidrid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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