bainne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bannae (“drop”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

bainne m (genitive singular bainne)

  1. milk

Declension
Declension of bainne

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bainne
Vocative a bhainne
Genitive bainne
Dative bainne

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bainne
Genitive an bhainne
Dative leis an mbainne

don bhainne

Derived terms
  • bainne ailse (“pus from malignant sore”)
  • bainne bán (“purulent eruption”)
  • bainne bearrtha (“skim-milk”)
  • bainne bó (“cow's milk”)
  • bainne bó bleacht (“cowslip juice”)
  • bainne bolgaí (“pock discharge”)
  • bainne briste (“milk turning sour”)
  • bainne buí (“beestings”)
  • bainne caoin (“spurge”)
  • bainne caorach (“sheep's milk”)
  • bainne cíche (“breastmilk”)
  • bainne cíche éan (“juice of dandelion”)
  • bainne clog (“juice of dandelion”)
  • bainne gabhair (“goat's milk”)
  • bainne géar (“sour milk”)
  • bainne lom (“skim-milk”)
  • bainne milis (“fresh milk”)
  • bainne muice (“sow-thistle”)
  • bainne righin (“milk sediment (on churn)”)
  • bainniúil (“milky; milk-yielding”, adjective)
  • bainniúlacht f (“milkiness”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bainne bhainne mbainne
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), “bannae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 15, page 10
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 59
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 251, page 90

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɲə/
  • (Lewis, Sutherland) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɲə/
  • (Barra, Gairloch, West Perthshire) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bannae (“drop”).

Noun

bainne m (genitive singular bainne)

  1. milk

Noun

bainne m

  1. genitive singular of bann

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bainne”, 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), “bannae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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