bainne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bannae (“drop”).

Pronunciation

• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaɲə/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑnʲə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠan̠ʲə/, /ˈbˠæn̠ʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠæn̠ʲə/

Noun

bainne m (genitive singular bainne)

1. milk

Declension

Declension of bainne

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bainne Vocative a bhainne Genitive bainne Dative bainne

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bainne Genitive an bhainne Dative leis an mbainne don bhainne

Derived terms

• bainne ailse (“pus from malignant sore”)
• bainne bán (“purulent eruption”)
• bainne bearrtha (“skim-milk”)
• bainne bó (“cow's milk”)
• bainne bó bleacht (“cowslip juice”)
• bainne bolgaí (“pock discharge”)
• bainne briste (“milk turning sour”)
• bainne buí (“beestings”)
• bainne caoin (“spurge”)
• bainne caorach (“sheep's milk”)
• bainne cíche (“breastmilk”)
• bainne cíche éan (“juice of dandelion”)
• bainne clog (“juice of dandelion”)
• bainne gabhair (“goat's milk”)
• bainne géar (“sour milk”)
• bainne lom (“skim-milk”)
• bainne milis (“fresh milk”)
• bainne muice (“sow-thistle”)
• bainne righin (“milk sediment (on churn)”)
• bainniúil (“milky; milk-yielding”, adjective)

 

Related terms

• bainniúlacht f (“milkiness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bainne	bhainne	mbainne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɲə/
• (Lewis, Sutherland) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɲə/
• (Barra, Gairloch, West Perthshire) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bannae (“drop”).

Noun

bainne m (genitive singular bainne)

1. milk

Etymology 2

Noun

bainne m

1. genitive singular of bann

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bainne”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bannae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language