búar

See also: buar

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From bó (“cow”).

Noun

búar n

  1. (agriculture) cows, cattle, herd(s)
Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
  • búar-brat (“cattle-spoils”)
  • búarach1 (“spancel for cows at milking-time; milking-time, early morning”)
  • búarach2 (“owner of cows”)
Descendants

Noun

búar ?

  1. (medicine) diarrhœa
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms
Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
búar búar
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbúar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “1 búar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 búar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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