braillín
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish blaí lín, brá lín (“linen sheet”), by dissimilation, but also influenced in form by brat (“cloth”) and assimilated to the suffix -ín. The first part blaí is from Old Norse blæja (“veil”), from Proto-Germanic *blahjǭ (“cloth”).[4]
Pronunciation
- (Cork) IPA(key): /bˠɑɾʲˈlʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the alternative form bairlín)
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɑːl̠ʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the alternative form bráillín)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠæl̠ʲinʲ/
Noun
braillín f (genitive singular braillíne, nominative plural braillíní)
Declension
Declension of braillín
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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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
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “bairlín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “braitlín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “braitlinn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 80
- Marstrander, C. J. S. (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
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83
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