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Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ban- (feminine prefix) + rìgh (“king”).
Noun
banrigh f (genitive singular banrighe, plural banrighean)
- (nobility, chess) queen, female monarch
Related terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| banrigh |
bhanrigh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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See also
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “banrigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
