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From Middle Irish baintrebthach f,[1] originally “landlady”, from ban- (combining form of ben (“woman”)) + trebthach (“householder”), from Old Irish treb (“farm, holding”), from Proto-Celtic *trebā (“settlement”) (compare Welsh tref (“town”)), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“settlement”) (compare Old English þorp (“village”), Lithuanian troba (“house”)). Replaced now archaic feadhbh, from Old Irish fedb.
baintreach f (genitive singular baintrí, nominative plural baintreacha)
- widow
- Synonym: baintreach mná
- Coordinate term: baintreach fir
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baintrebthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 171, page 64
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baintreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “baintreaḃaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 49
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