buarach

buarach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish búarach, from bó (“cow”) + árach (“bond, fetter”)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠuəɾˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠiːɾˠa(x)/, (older) /ˈbˠɯːɾˠa(x)/[1]

Noun

buarach f (genitive singular buaraí, nominative plural buaracha)

1. spancel (for a cow during milking)

Declension

Declension of buarach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative buarach buaracha Vocative a bhuarach a bhuaracha Genitive buaraí buarach Dative buarach buaraigh (archaic, dialectal) buaracha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhuarach na buaracha Genitive na buaraí na mbuarach Dative leis an mbuarach leis an mbuaraigh (archaic, dialectal) don bhuarach don bhuaraigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na buaracha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buarach	bhuarach	mbuarach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 búarach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “buaraċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 97.
• "buarach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 28