bainne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bannae (“drop”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bainne m (genitive singular bainne)

  1. milk

Declension
Declension of bainne

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bainne
Vocative a bhainne
Genitive bainne
Dative bainne

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bainne
Genitive an bhainne
Dative leis an mbainne

don bhainne

Derived terms
  • bainne ailse (“pus from malignant sore”)
  • bainne bán (“purulent eruption from over-ripe grain or potato”)
  • bainne bearrtha, bainne lom (“skim-milk”)
  • bainne bó (“cow's milk”)
  • bainne bó bleacht(áin) (“cowslip; juice of cowslip”)
  • bainne bolgaí (“pock discharge”)
  • bainne briste (“milk turning sour”)
  • bainne buí (“beestings”)
  • bainne caoin (“spurge”)
  • bainne caorach (“sheep's milk”)
  • bainne cíche (“breastmilk”)
  • bainne cíche (na n-)éan, bainne clog (“juice of dandelion”)
  • bainne gabhair (“goat's milk”)
  • bainne géar (“sour milk”)
  • bainne milis (“fresh milk”)
  • bainne muice (“sow-thistle”)
  • bainne ramhar, bainne téachta, bainne tiubh (“thick milk”)
  • bainne righin (“milk sediment”) (on churn)
  • bainniúil (“milky; milk-yielding”, adjective)
  • bainniúlacht f (“milkiness”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bainne bhainne mbainne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "bainne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “bannae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈpaɲɪ/
  • (Sutherland and Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɲə/
  • (Barra and Western Ross) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bannae (“drop”).

Noun

bainne m (genitive singular bainne)

  1. milk

Etymology 2

Noun

bainne m

  1. genitive singular of bann

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “bannae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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