rìbhinn
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish rígan (“queen”) (compare Irish ríon), from Proto-Celtic *rīganī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrˠiːvɪɲ/
Noun
rìbhinn f (genitive singular rìbhinne, plural rìbhinnean)
- (poetic) maiden, girl
- A rìbhinn òg, 'bheil cuimhn' agad?
- Young maiden, do you remember?
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “rìbhinn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rígan, rígain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language