buaine. 1. f. (gs. ~). Permanence, durability; longevity. ~ in éadach, durability in cloth. ~ datha, fastness of colour. ~ cuimhne, lastingness, retentiveness, of memory. ~ na beatha thall, the permanence of the life to come. 2. gsf. & comp. of buan1. (Var. of 1:~acht f, ~(ad)as m)