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bugail

bugail

Welsh

Usage notes

  • Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /i/ in all parts of Wales.

Noun

bugail m (plural bugeiliaid)

  1. shepherd, pastor

Derived terms

  • bugeilio ‎(“to shepherd”)
  • bugeiliol ‎(“pastoral”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bugail fugail mugail unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bʉgöl, from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōwkol-, from *gʷṓws ‎(“cow”) + *kʷel- ‎(“to revolve, turn around”).

Cognates include Cornish bugel ‎(“shepherd”), Breton bugel ‎(“child”), Irish buachaill ‎(“boy”), Scottish Gaelic buachaille ‎(“herder”), Manx bochil ‎(“shepherd”) and Ancient Greek βουκόλος ‎(boukólos, “cowherd”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbigail/

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