pónaire
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish pónair, from Old Norse baunir (“beans”), from Proto-Germanic *baunō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pónaire f (genitive singular pónaire, nominative plural pónairí)
- bean
- (collective) beans
Declension
[edit]Declension of pónaire
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- gas pónaire (“beanstalk”)
- pónaire chapaill (“buckbean”)
- pónaire chorraigh (“bog bean”)
- pónaire dhuánach (“kidney bean”)
- pónaire fhada (“kidney bean”)
- pónaire Fhrancach (“French bean, haricot bean”)
- pónaire leathan (“broad bean”)
- pónaire lócaiste (“locust bean”)
- pónaire mhór (“lima bean”)
- pónaire reatha (“scarlet runner, runner bean”)
- pónaire shoighe (“soybean”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| pónaire | phónaire | bpónaire |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “pónaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 360, page 123
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pónair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pónaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 548
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pónaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN