baramail
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Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Latin parabola (from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”)), influenced by samail (“description, likeness, similarity”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
baramail f
- comparison, the like, match
- opinion, conjecture, surmise
- likelihood
- expectation, hope
InflectionEdit
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
baramail | baramail pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbaramail |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- “baramail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.