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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish pónair, from Old Norse baunir (“beans”), from Proto-Germanic *baunō.
Pronunciation
Noun
pónaire f (genitive singular pónaire, nominative plural pónairí)
- bean
- (collective) beans
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| pónaire
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phónaire
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bpónaire
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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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References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pónair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pónaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 548
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pónaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN