banrigh
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- bainrìgh
- ban-rìgh
- banrighinn
Etymology
From ban- (feminine prefix) + rìgh (“king”).
Pronunciation
- (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ãũrˠi/[1][2][3][4]
- (Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ãːrˠiɲ/[5][6][3][7] (corresponding to the form banrighinn)
- (Gigha) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɛːrˠin/[7] (corresponding to the form banrighinn)
- (Islay) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɛnərˠi/[7]
Noun
banrigh f (genitive singular banrighe, plural banrighean)
Related terms
See also
| Chess pieces in Scottish Gaelic · fir-tàileisg (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rìgh | banrigh | tùr | easbaig | ridire | pàn |
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| banrigh | bhanrigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Ladefoged, Jenny; Ladefoged, Peter; Turk, Alice; Hind, Kevin (5 February 1996), “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 224
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 98
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 111
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 30
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “banrigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN