baintreach
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| PIE word |
|---|
| *gʷḗn |
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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑinʲtʲəɾʲəx/[2]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲantʲɾʲəx/[3] (as if spelled beaintreach)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠæn̠ʲtʲɾʲa(x)/[4]
Noun
[edit]baintreach f (genitive singular baintrí, nominative plural baintreacha)
- widow
- Synonym: baintreach mná
- Coordinate term: baintreach fir
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- baintreach an rí (“queen dowager”)
- baintreach dhuair (“dowager”)
- baintreach dhubh (“black widow”)
- baintreachas m (“widowhood”)
- cianóg na baintrí f (“the widow's mite”)
- feisteas baintrí m (“weeds”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| baintreach | bhaintreach | mbaintreach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern 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), “baintrebthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 39
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 171, page 64
Further reading
[edit]- 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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “baintreach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “baintreach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *gʷḗn
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *treb-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish second-declension nouns
- ga:Death
- ga:Female people