banaltra
Irish edit
Etymology edit
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*gʷḗn |
From Middle Irish banaltra (“foster-mother, nurse”), from ben (“woman”) (see bean) + altra (“foster-father”) (see altram (“fosterage”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑn̪ˠəɾˠl̪̥ˠhə/ (as if spelt banarlt(h)a, with irregular metathesis of 'ltr' to 'rlt', but regular Munster change of 'lt' to 'lh')
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲænəl̪ˠt̪ˠɾˠə/[1] (as if spelt beanaltra)
- (Conneamara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠanˠəl̪ˠt̪ˠɾˠə/
Noun edit
banaltra f (genitive singular banaltra, nominative plural banaltraí)
- (female) nurse
Declension edit
Declension of banaltra
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Coordinate terms edit
- banaltra fir (“male nurse”)
Derived terms edit
- banaltra cheantair (“district nurse”)
- banaltra chíche (“wet-nurse”)
- banaltra fir (“male nurse”)
- banaltra na cuaiche (“meadow pipit”)
- banaltra ospidéil (“hospital nurse”)
- banaltracht (“nursing”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
banaltra | bhanaltra | mbanaltra |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 39
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “banaltra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “banaltra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “altra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39