banríon

Irish

Alternative forms

bainnrioghan, bainnríoghan, bainrighean, bainrioghan, bainríoghan, bainrioghun, bainríon, banríghean, banrioghan, banríoghan (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷḗn

From Middle Irish banrígan.^[2] By surface analysis, ban- +‎ ríon.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠau(n̪ˠ)ˈɾˠiːnʲ/^[3]^[4]
(Connacht)
- (Galway) IPA^(key): (Aran) /ˈbʲænɾˠiən/^[5], (Cois Fharraige) /ˈbˠɑːn̪ˠɾˠiən̪ˠ/, [ˈbˠɑːn̪ˠtɾˠiən̪ˠ]^[6]
- (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠanˠɾˠiːnˠ/^[7]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaːnˠˌɾˠiːnˠ/, [ˈbˠaːnˠˌrˠiːnˠ]^[8]; /ˈbˠaːɾˠi(ː)nʲ/^[9]^[10]

Noun

banríon f (genitive singular banríona, nominative plural banríonacha)

queen, (female monarch; wife of a king)
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
  Thug an bhanríoghan an t‑ógánach isteach ’san phálás, ⁊ bhí righeacht ⁊ saidhbhreas an tsean-ríogh alig aige; ⁊ bhí sé féin ⁊ a mháthair go sona, seunmhar ó shin amach: ⁊ mar robh siad-san go mbeidh sinne.
  The queen brought the youth into her own palace, and he had the kingdom and riches of the old king, and himself and his mother were happy and prosperous from that forth, and like them may we too be.
queen (chess; cards)

Declension

Declension of banríon (third declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	banríon	banríonacha
vocative	a bhanríon	a bhanríonacha
genitive	banríona	banríonacha
dative	banríon	banríonacha

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an bhanríon	na banríonacha
genitive	na banríona	na mbanríonacha
dative	leis an mbanríon don bhanríon	leis na banríonacha

Coordinate terms

rí

Mutation

Mutated forms of *banríon*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
banríon	bhanríon	mbanríon

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

References

^ “banríon”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ben”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 390, page 120; reprinted 1988
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 15, page 17
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 39
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 303
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 166, page 38
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 21, page 10
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 443, page 142
^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 72, page 27; reprinted 1979

Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text)

rí	banríon	caiseal	easpag	ridire	ceithearnach, fichillín

Playing cards in Irish · cártaí imeartha (layout · text)

aon	dó	trí	ceathair	cúig	sé	seacht

ocht	naoi	deich	cuireata	banríon	rí	fear na gcrúb, buachaill mór