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bugail.

shepherd, pastor

6 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɪɡai̯l/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/ˈbɪɡɛl/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈbiːɡai̯l/South-Wales, standard/ˈbɪɡai̯l/South-Wales, standard

  1. shepherd, pastor

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh bugeil, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉgöl, from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷelh₁- (“to revolve, turn around”). Cognates include Cornish bugel (“shepherd”), Breton bugel (“child”), Irish buachaill (“boy”), Scottish Gaelic buachaille (“herder”), Manx bochilley (“shepherd”) and Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”) (whence English bucolic).

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