bugail

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bʉgöl, from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, turn around”).

Cognates include Cornish bugel (“shepherd”), Breton bugel (“child”), Irish buachaill (“boy”), Scottish Gaelic buachaille (“herder”), Manx bochil (“shepherd”) and Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪɡai̯l/
- (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪɡɛl/
(South Wales) (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːɡai̯l/, /ˈbɪɡai̯l/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːɡɛl/, /ˈbɪɡɛl/

Usage notes

Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /ɪ/ in north Wales.

Noun

bugail m (plural bugeiliaid)

shepherd, pastor

Derived terms

bugeilio (“to shepherd”)
bugeiliol (“pastoral”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bugail	fugail	mugail	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.