banail

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Either bean + -ail, or possibly directly from Middle Irish banamail, from the same basic etyma. Compare Irish banúil, Manx benoil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑnəl/

Adjective

banail

  1. feminine, womanly
  2. virginal

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
banailbhanail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “banail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “banamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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