báine

See also: baine and Baine

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːnʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠæːnʲə/

Noun

báine f (genitive singular báine)

1. whiteness

Adjective

báine

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of báine

radical	lenition	eclipsis
báine	bháine	mbáine

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “báine”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “báine”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 48
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN