banail
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Either bean + -ail, or possibly directly from Middle Irish banamail, from the same basic etyma. Compare Irish banúil, Manx benoil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑnəl/
Adjective
banail
- feminine, womanly
- virginal
Derived terms
- mì-bhanail
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| banail | bhanail |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “banail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “banamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language