bainne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bannae (“drop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑɲə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑnʲə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠan̠ʲə/

Noun

bainne m (genitive singular bainne)

1. milk

Declension

Declension of bainne

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bainne Vocative a bhainne Genitive bainne Dative bainne

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bainne Genitive an bhainne Dative leis an mbainne don bhainne

Derived terms

• bainne ailse (“pus from malignant sore”)
• bainne bán (“purulent eruption from over-ripe grain or potato”)
• bainne bearrtha, bainne lom (“skim-milk”)
• bainne bó bleacht(áin) (“cowslip; juice of cowslip”)
• bainne bó (“cow's milk”)
• bainne bolgaí (“pock discharge”)
• bainne briste (“milk turning sour”)
• bainne buí (“beestings”)
• bainne caoin (“spurge”)
• bainne caorach (“sheep's milk”)
• bainne cíche (na n-)éan, bainne clog (“juice of dandelion”)
• bainne cíche (“breastmilk”)
• bainne gabhair (“goat's milk”)
• bainne géar (“sour milk”)
• bainne milis (“fresh milk”)
• bainne muice (“sow-thistle”)
• bainne ramhar, bainne téachta, bainne tiubh (“thick milk”)
• bainne righin (“milk sediment”) (on churn)
• bainniúil (“milky; milk-yielding”, adjective)

 

Related terms

• bainniúlacht f (“milkiness”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bainne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bannae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɲɪ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɲə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bannae (“drop”).

Noun

bainne m (genitive singular bainne)

1. milk

Etymology 2

Noun

bainne m

1. genitive singular of bann

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bainne”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bannae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language