buainteoir

Irish

Etymology

From buaint +‎ -óir.

Noun

buainteoir m (genitive singular buainteora, nominative plural buainteoirí)

1. (agriculture) harvester (machine, person)

   Synonyms: (person) buanaí, (person) fómharaí, (machine) inneall bainte

2. (horticulture) mower (machine, person)

   Synonyms: (person) bainteoir, (machine) lomaire

Declension

Declension of buainteoir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative buainteoir buainteoirí vocative a bhuainteoir a bhuainteoirí genitive buainteora buainteoirí dative buainteoir buainteoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an buainteoir na buainteoirí genitive an bhuainteora na mbuainteoirí dative leis an mbuainteoir don bhuainteoir leis na buainteoirí

Derived terms

• buainteoireacht
• buainteoir rothlach (“rotary mower”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of buainteoir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buainteoir	bhuainteoir	mbuainteoir

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buainteoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buainteoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “buainteoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025