bruinneall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bruinnell (“girl, maiden, damsel”).

Noun

bruinneall f (genitive singular bruinnille, nominative plural bruinnealla)

1. maiden

   Synonyms: ainnir, cailín óg, ógbhean

   1. fair maiden

      Synonyms: ainnir, spéirbhean, spéirbhruinneall

Declension

Declension of bruinneall (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bruinneall bruinnealla vocative a bhruinneall a bhruinnealla genitive bruinnille bruinneall dative bruinneall bruinnealla forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhruinneall na bruinnealla genitive na bruinnille na mbruinneall dative leis an mbruinneall don bhruinneall leis na bruinnealla

Derived terms

• bológ na bruinnille (“bride-cake, bride's-cake”)
• spéirbhruinneall (“beautiful girl”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bruinneall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bruinneall	bhruinneall	mbruinneall

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bruinneall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bruinnell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bruinneall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bruinneall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025