Scottish Gaelic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ rìgh (king).

Noun edit

banrigh f (genitive singular banrighe, plural banrighean)

  1. (nobility, chess) queen, female monarch

Related terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
banrigh bhanrigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also edit

Chess pieces in Scottish Gaelic · fir-tàileisg (layout · text)
           
rìgh banrigh tùr easbaig ridire pàn

References edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “banrigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN