báine

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See also: baine and Baine

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish báine.[1] By surface analysis, bán +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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báine f (genitive singular báine)

  1. whiteness

Adjective

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báine

  1. inflection of bán:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báine bháine mbáine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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