bannae
Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *bandyo- (“drop”), loaned from a source akin to Proto-Slavic *baňa (“bath”), Latin balneum (“bath”), all from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon, “bath”).[1] Also compared is Proto-Indo-Aryan *bindúṣ (“drop, particle, globule”), but Matasovic rejects this.[2]
Brittonic cognates include Middle Cornish and Breton banne (“drop”).
Noun
[edit]bannae m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine io-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | bannae | bannaeL | bannaiL |
| Vocative | bannai | bannaeL | bannu |
| Accusative | bannaeN | bannaeL | bannuH |
| Genitive | bannaiL | bannaeL | bannaeN |
| Dative | bannuL | bannaib | bannaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
[edit]- bannán m (“small drop, droplet”)
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| bannae | bannae pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbannae |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bannae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bannae”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page bainne
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “bandyo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 54-55