buachaill

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish búachaill (“cowherd”), from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, turn around”). Cognates include Breton bugel (“child”), Welsh bugail (“shepherd”), and Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠuəxəlʲ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠuəxəl̠ʲ/, (Aran) /ˈbˠɔxəlʲ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɔxəl̠ʲ/; /ˈbˠiːxəl̠ʲ/, (older) /ˈbˠɯːxəl̠ʲ/, /ˈbˠiəxəl̠ʲ/ === Noun === buachaill m (genitive singular buachalla, nominative plural buachaillí) boy; young, unmarried man boyfriend herdsman servant, male employee lad, boyo useful thing (referring to a masculine noun) ==== Declension ==== ==== Quotations ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (boy): garsún (“prepubescent boy”), stócach (“teenage boy”) (boyfriend): stócach, buachaill óg ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “buaċaill”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 132; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “buachaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “buachaill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “buachaill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === buachaille === Etymology === From Old Irish búachaill (“cowherd”), from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷōus (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, move around, sojourn”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpuəçɪʎ/ === Noun === buachaill m (genitive singular buachaille, plural buachaillean) cowherd herdsman, shepherd watch or protector of cattle of any kind youth ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “buachaill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búachaill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language