Irish edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*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)

  1. (female) nurse

Declension edit

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Mutation edit

Irish mutation
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

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 39

Further reading edit