bruinneall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bruinnell (“girl, maiden, damsel”).

Noun

bruinneall f (genitive singular bruinnille, nominative plural bruinnealla)

1. maiden

   Synonyms: ainnir, cailín óg, ógbhean

   1. fair maiden

      Synonyms: ainnir, spéirbhean, spéirbhruinneall

Declension

Declension of bruinneall

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bruinneall bruinnealla Vocative a bhruinneall a bhruinnealla Genitive bruinnille bruinneall Dative bruinneall bruinnealla

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhruinneall na bruinnealla Genitive na bruinnille na mbruinneall Dative leis an mbruinneall don bhruinneall leis na bruinnealla

Derived terms

• bológ na bruinnille (“bride-cake, bride's-cake”)
• spéirbhruinneall (“beautiful girl”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bruinneall	bhruinneall	mbruinneall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bruinneall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bruinnell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bruinneall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bruinneall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024