buabhall

From Old Irish búaball, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [ˈbˠuəvˠəl̪ˠ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈbˠuəwəl̪ˠ]

buabhall m (genitive singular buabhaill, nominative plural buabhaill)

1. buffalo
2. bugle

   Synonym: stoc

3. drinking-horn

   Synonyms: corn, corn óil

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buabhall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búaball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buabhall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “buabhall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

From Old Irish búaball, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).

• IPA^(key): /puə.əl̪ˠ/

buabhall m (genitive singular buabhaill, plural buabhallan)

1. buffalo
2. bison, buffalo (Bison bison)

   Synonym: bìoson Ameireaganach

3. stall (for cows)
4. (archaic) unicorn

   Synonym: aon-adharcach

• bìoson (“bison”, Bison bonasus)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “buabhall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búaball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language