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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
buidhinn, gain, win, buinnig, act of gaining, gain; from the Eng. win, winning.
buil, effect, use, Ir. boil, *bol, *bel: Pre-Celt. bhel, bhol; Gr. ὄφελος, advantage, ὠφέλέω, help.
buileach, total, entirely; another form of baileach. E. Ir. has bulid, blooming.
buileastair, a bullace or sloe (M‘D., Sh.); from M. E. bolaster = bullace-tree, from bolace, now bullace.
builionn, a loaf, Ir. builín; from O. Fr. boulange, ball-shaped loaf (?), which Diez suggests as the basis of Fr. boulanger, baker.
buille, a blow, so Ir., E. Ir. bulle, buille = bollia = bus-liâ + bhud-s-liâ; root bhud, beat, as in buail, q.v. Stokes gives the stem as *boldja, allied to Lit. béldżiu, belsti, give a blow, baldas, a beetle; Ger. poltern.
buillsgean, centre, Ir. boilsceán, M. Ir. bolscén, middle, midriff = bolgán, from balg, bolg, belly.
buin, belong to, Ir. beanaim. The Ir. is from the verb bean, touch; the G., which has the idea of relationship or origin (Cha bhuin e dhomh: he is not related to me), seems to confuse bean and bun, stock.
buinne, a cataract, tide, Ir. buinne, a spout, tap, E. Ir. buinne, wave, rush of water: G. buinneach, flux, diarrhœa, so Ir.; see boinne. Also puinne (Suth.) (W.Ross).
buinneag, a twig, sprout, Ir. buinneán, E. Ir. buinne: *bus-niâ; root bus, as in Eng. bush, bosky, Ger. busch, etc.
buinnig, winning; see buidhinn.
†buinnire, a footman, so Ir.; from bonn, sole of the foot.
bùir, bùirich, roar, bellow (as a bull), Ir. búireadh, roaring; E. Ir. búraim; *bû-ro‑, I. E. root ꬶevo, ꬶû, cry; Gr. βοάω, shout; Lit. gauju, howl; Skr. gu, cry. Strachan gives as G. stem bucro‑, root buq as in Lat. buccina, horn, Gr. βύκτης, howling, Skr. bukkāras, lion’s roar, Norwg. bura, to bellow, Shet. boorik, cow.
buirdeiseach, a free man, burgess, Ir. buirgéiseach; from the Eng. burgess.
buirleadh, language of folly and ridicule; from the Romance burla, to jest, etc. See burraidh.
bùirseach, a deluge of rain; a rousing fire (Heb.):
buiseal, a bushel, Ir. buiseul; from Eng. bushel.
bùit, bashful (Badenoch): "fugy", as a fowl; see pùt
bùiteach, a threat (Suth.): a form of bòidich?
buitseach, a witch, so Ir.; from Eng. witch; “buidseach agus raitseach”.
