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bánaigh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish bánaigid. By surface analysis, bán (white) +‎ -igh.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bánaigh (present analytic bánaíonn, future analytic bánóidh, verbal noun bánú, past participle bánaithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to whiten, blanch, bleach
    Synonym: aol
  2. to dawn (of a day)
  3. to lay waste, devastate
  4. to pillage
  5. to clear, clear out, empty, depopulate

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of bánaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
bánaigh bhánaigh mbánaigh

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

Further reading

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