buile
See also: buille
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish baile, buile, boile (“vision; frenzy, madness (originally arising out of supernatural revelations)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbˠɪlʲə/
Noun
buile f (genitive singular buile)
- madness, frenzy
Declension
Declension of buile
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- ar buile (“mad, furious, on the warpath”)
- builiúil (“furious”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| buile | bhuile | mbuile |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
buile f
- genitive singular of buil