Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *bandyo- (drop), loaned from a source akin to Proto-Slavic *baňa (bath), Latin balneum (bath), all from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon, bath).[1] Also compared is Proto-Indo-Aryan *bindúṣ (drop, particle, globule), but Matasovic rejects this.[2]

Brittonic cognates include Middle Cornish and Breton banne (drop).

Noun edit

bannae m

  1. drop
  2. (medicine) pustule

Inflection edit

Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bannae bannaeL bannaiL
Vocative bannai bannaeL bannu
Accusative bannaeN bannaeL bannuH
Genitive bannaiL bannaeL bannaeN
Dative bannuL bannaib bannaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms edit

  • bannán m (small drop, droplet)

Descendants edit

  • Middle Irish: bainne

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bannae bannae
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbannae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “bannae”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page bainne
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “bandyo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 54-55