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buíon

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish buiden, from Proto-Celtic *budīnā, whence also Welsh byddin.

Noun

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buíon f (genitive singular buíne, nominative plural buíonta)

  1. band, troop, company
  2. (music) band
  3. (military) platoon
  4. work gang
Declension
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Declension of buíon (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative buíon buíonta
vocative a bhuíon a bhuíonta
genitive buíne buíonta
dative buíon
buín (archaic, dialectal)
buíonta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhuíon na buíonta
genitive na buíne na mbuíonta
dative leis an mbuíon
leis an mbuín (archaic, dialectal)
don bhuíon
don bhuín (archaic, dialectal)
leis na buíonta
Alternative forms
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Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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buíon (present analytic buíonann, future analytic buíonfaidh, verbal noun buíon, past participle buíonta)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of buain (reap)
Conjugation
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of buíon
radical lenition eclipsis
buíon bhuíon mbuíon

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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