builín

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bulbing, borrowed from Old Norse bulmingr ~ bylmingr (“bread baked in ash”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic builionn and Manx bwilleen.[1]

Noun

builín m (genitive singular builín, nominative plural builíní)

  1. loaf (of bread)
    Synonyms: bairín, bollóg

Declension

Declension of builín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative builín builíní
vocative a bhuilín a bhuilíní
genitive builín builíní
dative builín builíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an builín na builíní
genitive an bhuilín na mbuilíní
dative leis an mbuilín
don bhuilín 		leis na builíní

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of builín
radical lenition eclipsis
builín bhuilín mbuilín

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

References

  1. ^ T.F. O'Rahilly (1942) “Notes, mainly etymological”, in Ériu, volume 13, Royal Irish Academy, →JSTOR, 35. builín, builbhín, page 200

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