buíon

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bˠiːnˠ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish buiden, from Proto-Celtic *budīnā, whence also Welsh byddin. ==== Noun ==== buíon f (genitive singular buíne, nominative plural buíonta) band, troop, company (music) band (military) platoon work gang ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== buidhean (superseded) ===== Synonyms ===== (band of musicians): banna, banna ceoil, buíon cheoil (work gang): buíon oibre === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== buíon (present analytic buíonann, future analytic buíonfaidh, verbal noun buíon, past participle buíonta) (transitive) alternative form of buain (“reap”) ===== Conjugation ===== === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “buíon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “buiden”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language