buatais
Irish
Alternative forms
- bútais
Etymology
From Old French botes (“boots”), of Germanic origin, reinterpreted as a singular.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbˠuət̪ˠəʃ/
Noun
buatais f (genitive singular buataise, nominative plural buataisí)
- boot, topboot
- buatais rubair ― rubber boot, gumboot, Wellington boot
Declension
Declension of buatais
Second declension
Bare forms
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Derived terms
- buatais cheathrún (“thigh boot”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
buatais | bhuatais | mbuatais |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “buatais” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “búat(a)is or dil.ie/7299”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “buatais” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 97.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 57.
- "buatais" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.