bruinneall
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish bruinnell (“girl, maiden, damsel”).
Noun[edit]
bruinneall f (genitive singular bruinnille, nominative plural bruinnealla)
- maiden
- fair maiden
- Synonyms: ainnir, spéirbhean, spéirbhruinneall
- fair maiden
Declension[edit]
Declension of bruinneall
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- bológ na bruinnille (“bride-cake, bride's-cake”)
- spéirbhruinneall (“beautiful girl”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bruinneall | bhruinneall | mbruinneall |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bruinneall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bruinnell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading[edit]
- Entries containing “bruinneall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bruinneall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.