braillín

braillín

Irish

braillíní

Alternative forms

• bairlín[1]
• bráillín
• braitlín (obsolete)[2]

Etymology

From Middle Irish blaí lín, brá lín (“linen sheet”), by dissimilation, but also influenced in form by brat (“cloth”). The first part blaí is identical to Icelandic blæja (“veil, canopy”).[3]

Pronunciation

• (Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑɾʲˈlʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the alternative form bairlín)
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɑːl̠ʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the alternative form bráillín)

Noun

braillín f (genitive singular braillíne, nominative plural braillíní)

1. sheet, bedsheet (piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen)

Declension

Declension of braillín

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative braillín braillíní Vocative a bhraillín a bhraillíní Genitive braillíne braillíní Dative braillín braillíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhraillín na braillíní Genitive na braillíne na mbraillíní Dative leis an mbraillín don bhraillín leis na braillíní

Derived terms

• braillín sneachta (“covering of snow”)
• dul faoin mbraillín (“to go to bed”)
• fear braillíne (“lie-abed”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
braillín	bhraillín	mbraillín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “bairlín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
2. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “braitlín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
3. Carl J. S. Marstrander (1915) Bidrag til det norske sprogs historie i Irland‎, Kristiania: I kommission hos J. Dybwad, pages 37-38

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 blaí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “braillín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN