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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish rígan (“queen”) (compare Irish ríon), from Proto-Celtic *rīganī.
Pronunciation
Noun
rìbhinn f (genitive singular rìbhinne, plural rìbhinnean)
- (poetic) maiden, girl, young lady
- Synonyms: ainnir, cailin, gruagach, maighdeann, nighean, òigh
- A rìbhinn òg, bheil cuimhn' agad? ― Young maiden, do you remember?
- (archaic) queen
References
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “rìbhinn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rígan, rígain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language