braillín
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish blaí lín, brá lín (“linen sheet”), by dissimilation, but also influenced in form by brat (“cloth”) and assimilated to the suffix -ín. The first part blaí is from Old Norse blæja (“veil”), from Proto-Germanic *blahjǭ (“cloth”).[4]
Pronunciation edit
- (Cork) IPA(key): /bˠɑɾʲˈlʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the alternative form bairlín)
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɑːl̠ʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the alternative form bráillín)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠæl̠ʲinʲ/
Noun edit
braillín f (genitive singular braillíne, nominative plural braillíní)
Declension edit
Declension of braillín
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- braillín sneachta (“covering of snow”)
- dul faoin mbraillín (“to go to bed”)
- fear braillíne (“lie-abed”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| braillín | bhraillín | mbraillín |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “bairlín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “braitlín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “braitlinn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 80
- ^ Marstrander, C. J. S. (1915) Bidrag til det norske sprogs historie i Irland[1], Kristiania: I kommission hos J. Dybwad, pages 37-38
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 blaí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “braillín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83
