beirt bhanríonacha as an Ísiltír
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Etymology
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Inherited from Old Irish banríga(i)n . By surface analysis , ban- + ríon .
Pronunciation
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banríon f (genitive singular banríona , nominative plural banríonacha )
queen , ( female monarch; wife of a king )
1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh , “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis ”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge , volume 1:5 , Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88 :Thug an bhanríoghan an t‑ógánach isteach ’san phálás, ⁊ bhí righeacht ⁊ saidhbhreas an tsean-ríogh alig aige; ⁊ bhí sé féin ⁊ a mháthair go sona, seunmhar ó shin amach: ⁊ mar robh siad-san go mbeidh sinne. The queen brought the youth into her own palace, and he had the kingdom and riches of the old king, and himself and his mother were happy and prosperous from that forth, and like them may we too be.
queen ( chess; cards )
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Mutation
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Irish mutation
Radical
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Eclipsis
banríon
bhanríon
mbanríon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
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“banríon ”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 , Royal Irish Academy
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904 ) “bainríoġan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla , 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 49
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927 ) “bainríoġan ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla , 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “banríon ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019 ), “ben ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language