buidéal

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish buidél, from Old French botele, from Medieval Latin butticula, a diminutive of Late Latin buttis (“cask”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *beu- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): [bˠɪˈdʲeːl̪ˠ]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈbˠɪdʲeːlˠ]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈbˠɪdʲælˠ]

Noun

buidéal m (genitive singular buidéil, nominative plural buidéil)

bottle

Declension

Declension of buidéal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buidéal	buidéil
Vocative	a bhuidéil	a bhuidéala
Genitive	buidéil	buidéal
Dative	buidéal	buidéil

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an buidéal	na buidéil
Genitive	an bhuidéil	na mbuidéal
Dative	leis an mbuidéal don bhuidéal	leis na buidéil

Derived terms

buidéalaí (“bottler”)
buidéalaigh (“bottle”, verb)
buidéal bainne (“bottle of milk; milk-bottle”)
buidéal beorach (“bottle of beer”)
buidéal biotáille (“bottle of spirits”)
buidéal cúig naigín (“five-noggin bottle”)
buidéal linbh (“baby's bottle”)
buidéal naigín (“noggin bottle”)
buidéal níocháin (“wash-bottle”)
buidéal pionta (“pint bottle”)
buidéal te (“hot-water bottle”)
chomh díonmhar le buidéal (“absolutely watertight”)
fiabhuidéal (“large bottle”)
meábhuidéal (“weighing-bottle”)
niteoir buidéal (“bottle-washer”)
píopaire buidéil (“slender-necked bottle”)
raca buidéal (“bottle-rack”)
scóig buidéil (“neck of bottle”)
scrogall buidéil (“bottleneck”)
úth buidéil (“narrow pointed udder”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buidéal	bhuidéal	mbuidéal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"buidéal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “buidél”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN