banríon

Irish

beirt bhanríonacha as an Ísiltír

Alternative forms

• bainnrioghan, bainnríoghan, bainrighean, bainrioghan, bainríoghan, bainrioghun, bainríon, banríghean, banrioghan, banríoghan (superseded)

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷḗn

Inherited from Old Irish banríga(i)n. By surface analysis, ban- +‎ ríon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠanˠɾˠiːnˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲænɾˠiən/ (as if spelled beanrian)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaːnˠˌɾˠiːnˠ/, [ˈbˠaːnˠˌrˠiːnˠ]

Noun

banríon f (genitive singular banríona, nominative plural banríonacha)

1. queen, (female monarch; wife of a king)
   • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     Thug an bhanríoghan an t‑ógánach isteach ’san phálás, ⁊ bhí righeacht ⁊ saidhbhreas an tsean-ríogh alig aige; ⁊ bhí sé féin ⁊ a mháthair go sona, seunmhar ó shin amach: ⁊ mar robh siad-san go mbeidh sinne.

     The queen brought the youth into her own palace, and he had the kingdom and riches of the old king, and himself and his mother were happy and prosperous from that forth, and like them may we too be.

2. queen (chess; cards)

Declension

Declension of banríon

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative banríon banríonacha Vocative a bhanríon a bhanríonacha Genitive banríona banríonacha Dative banríon banríonacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhanríon na banríonacha Genitive na banríona na mbanríonacha Dative leis an mbanríon don bhanríon leis na banríonacha

Coordinate terms

• rí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banríon	bhanríon	mbanríon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “banríon”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bainríoġan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 49
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “bainríoġan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banríon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ben”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language