Irish edit

 
beirt bhanríonacha as an Ísiltír

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*gʷḗn

Inherited from Old Irish banríga(i)n. By surface analysis, ban- +‎ ríon.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

banríon f (genitive singular banríona, nominative plural banríonacha)

  1. 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.
  2. queen (chess; cards)

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See also edit

Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text)
           
banríon caiseal easpag ridire ceithearnach, fichillín
Playing cards in Irish · cártaí imeartha (layout · text)
             
aon trí ceathair cúig seacht
             
ocht naoi deich cuireata banríon fear na gcrúb, buachaill mór

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
banríon bhanríon mbanríon
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
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10

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