báine

See also: baine and Baine

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish báine.[1] By surface analysis, bán +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

báine f (genitive singular báine)

  1. whiteness

Adjective

báine

  1. inflection of bán:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báine bháine mbáine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “báine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
  • “báine”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “báine”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 48
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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