bannae

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bandyo- (“drop”), loaned from a source akin to Proto-Slavic *baňa (“bath”), Latin balneum (“bath”), all from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon, “bath”).[1] Also compared is Proto-Indo-Aryan *bindúṣ (“drop, particle, globule”), but Matasovic rejects this.[2]

Brittonic cognates include Middle Cornish and Breton banne (“drop”).

Noun

bannae (gender unknown)

  1. drop
  2. (medicine) pustule

Inflection

The gender is not specified in DIL, nor do the attestations provide any hints. The two possibilities of inflection are:

Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bannae bannaeL bannaiL
Vocative bannai bannaeL bannu
Accusative bannaeN bannaeL bannuH
Genitive bannaiL bannaeL bannaeN
Dative bannuL bannaib bannaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bannaeN bannaeL bannaeL
Vocative bannaeN bannaeL bannaeL
Accusative bannaeN bannaeL bannaeL
Genitive bannaiL bannaeL bannaeN
Dative bannuL bannaib bannaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • bannán m (“small drop, droplet”)

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: bainne

Mutation

Mutation of bannae
radical lenition nasalization
bannae bannae
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbannae

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bannae”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page bainne
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “bandyo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 54-55
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