FromMiddle Irish búailid ( “ beats, strikes, assaults; knocks (on); strikes, coins (money); stamps, impresses (a seal) ” ,verb ) .[ 1] buille ( “ blow, stroke ” ) .
buail (present analytic buaileann future analytic buailfidh verbal noun bualadh past participle buailte
( ambitransitive ) strike ,hit ,beat An té abhuailtear sa cheann bíonn eagla air .A burnt child dreads the fire .He who gets hit in the head has fear. ”)defeat , beatstrike out ,make one's way ,proceed 1939 Marie-Louise Sjoestedt ,Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études;270 ) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page196 Dobhuail sé an cé isteach agus bhí Máire Bhán agus a leanbhín álainn roimis agus sceitimíní uirthi ag fáiltiughadh roimis. Hemade his way onto the quay, and Máire Bhán and her beautiful little child were waiting for him, and welcomed him excitedly. toclap ( one's hands ) tomint ( coins ) verbal noun bualadh past participle buailte tense singular plural relative autonomous first second third first second third indicative present buailim buaileann buailir † buaileann buailimid buaileann buaileann buailid † abhuaileann bhuaileas mbuaileann buailtear past bhuail bhuaileas bhuail bhuailis bhuail bhuaileamar bhuail bhuail bhuaileabhair bhuail bhuaileadar abhuail bhuail buaileadh past habitual bhuailinn mbuailinn bhuailteá mbuailteá bhuaileadh mbuaileadh bhuailimis bhuaileadh mbuailimis mbuaileadh bhuaileadh mbuaileadh bhuailidís bhuaileadh mbuailidís mbuaileadh abhuaileadh mbuaileadh bhuailtí mbuailtí future buailfidh buailfead buailfidh buailfir † buailfidh buailfimid buailfidh buailfidh buailfidh buailfid † abhuailfidh bhuailfeas mbuailfidh buailfear conditional bhuailfinn mbuailfinn bhuailfeá mbuailfeá bhuailfeadh mbuailfeadh bhuailfimis bhuailfeadh mbuailfimis mbuailfeadh bhuailfeadh mbuailfeadh bhuailfidís bhuailfeadh mbuailfidís mbuailfeadh abhuailfeadh mbuailfeadh bhuailfí mbuailfí subjunctive present gombuaile mbuailead † gombuaile mbuailir † gombuaile gombuailimid mbuaile gombuaile gombuaile mbuailid † — gombuailtear past dámbuailinn dámbuailteá dámbuaileadh dámbuailimis mbuaileadh dámbuaileadh dámbuailidís mbuaileadh — dámbuailtí imperative – buailim buail buaileadh buailimis buailigí buailidh † buailidís — buailtear
* indirect relativeeclipsis
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
“buail ”, inHistorical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 , Royal Irish Academy Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904 ) “buailim”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla , 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society,page95 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “buail ”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN FromOld Irish búalaid buille ( “ blow, stroke ” ) .
buail (past bhuail future buailidh verbal noun bualadh past participle buailte
strike ,hit ,bang ,beat ,smite ,knock ,pelt ,rap ,thrust ,thump thrash ,thresh ( corn ) coin Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
buail m pl
plural ofbual Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
