bean abhrais

Irish

Noun

bean abhrais f (genitive singular mná abhrais, nominative plural mná abhrais)

1. spinner (of wool)

   Synonym: abhraiseach

Derived terms

• banabhraiseach f (“woman spinner; handy woman, housewife”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bean abhrais	bhean abhrais	mbean abhrais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bean abhrais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN