buan1, a1. 1. Enduring, permanent. Grá ~, abiding love. Gleo ~, incessant noise. Éadach ~, durable cloth. Dath ~, fast colour. Lá ~ fearthainne, day of continuous rain. Do chara ~, your constant friend. Bóthar ~, long road. Más ~ dom, if I live long. Gura ~ (beo) é, long may he live. Más maith leat a bheith ~, if you wish to live long. Ní raibh aon duine acu ~, none of them had a long span (of life, office, etc.). Ní bhíonn tréan ~, violence cannot endure; easy does it. Más ~ mo chuimhne, if my memory serves me right. D’imigh sé fada ~ ó shin, he went away a long time ago. Is fada ~ a mhair a n-iomrá, they were talked about for a very long time. Prov:Ní ~ gach ní a chaitear, nothing on earth is permanent. Prov:Is beag an rud is buaine ná an duine, any little thing may outlast a human being, may serve as a reminder of s.o. Go ~, constantly, always. S.a. rith11(f).2. Steadfast, solid. Chomh ~ le carraig, as solid as a rock. (Var:~ach)