banríon
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beirt bhanríonacha as an Ísiltír
Irish
Alternative forms
- bainnrioghan, bainnríoghan, bainrighean, bainrioghan, bainríoghan, bainrioghun, bainríon, banríghean, banrioghan, banríoghan (superseded)
Etymology
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Inherited from Old Irish banríga(i)n. By surface analysis, ban- + ríon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbˠanˠɾˠiːnˠ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲænɾˠiən/[1] (as if spelled beanrian)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠaːnˠˌɾˠiːnˠ/, [2]
Noun
banríon f (genitive singular banríona, nominative plural banríonacha)
- queen, (female monarch; wife of a king)
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- Thug an bhanríoghan an t‑ógánach isteach ’san phálás, ⁊ bhí righeacht ⁊ saidhbhreas an tsean-ríogh alig aige; ⁊ bhí sé féin ⁊ a mháthair go sona, seunmhar ó shin amach: ⁊ mar robh siad-san go mbeidh sinne.
- The queen brought the youth into her own palace, and he had the kingdom and riches of the old king, and himself and his mother were happy and prosperous from that forth, and like them may we too be.
- queen (chess; cards)
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| ocht | naoi | deich | cuireata | banríon | rí | fear na gcrúb, buachaill mór |
Mutation
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| banríon | bhanríon | mbanríon |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 39
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10
Further reading
- “banríon”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bainríoġan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 49
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “bainríoġan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banríon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ben”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language