báine

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See also: baine and Baine

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish báine.[1] By surface analysis, bán +‎ -e.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

báine f (genitive singular báine)

  1. whiteness

Adjective[edit]

báine

  1. inflection of bán:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báine bháine mbáine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “báine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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