banrigh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ban- (feminine prefix) + rìgh (king).

Noun

banrigh f (genitive singular banrighe, plural banrighean)

  1. (nobility, chess) queen, female monarch

Mutation

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

See also

Chess pieces in Scottish Gaelic · fir-tàileisg (layout · text)
rìgh banrigh tùr easbaig ridire pàn

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
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