braillín

Irish
braillíní

Alternative forms
  • bairlín[1]
  • bráillín
  • braitlín[2] (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish blaí lín, brá lín (“linen sheet”), by dissimilation, but also influenced in form by brat (“cloth”).

Pronunciation
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɑːl̠ʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the alternative form bráillín)

Noun

braillín f (genitive singular braillíne, nominative plural braillíní)

  1. sheet, bedsheet (piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen)

Declension
Declension of braillín

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative braillín braillíní
Vocative a bhraillín a bhraillíní
Genitive braillíne braillíní
Dative braillín braillíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhraillín na braillíní
Genitive na braillíne na mbraillíní
Dative leis an mbraillín

don bhraillín

 leis na braillíní

Derived terms
  • braillín sneachta (“covering of snow”)
  • dul faoin mbraillín (“to go to bed”)
  • fear braillíne (“lie-abed”)

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

References
  1. “bairlín” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  2. “braitlín” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

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