banail

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Either bean +‎ -ail, or possibly directly from Middle Irish banamail, from the same basic etyma. Compare Irish banúil, Manx benoil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑnəl/

Adjective

banail

  1. feminine, womanly
  2. virginal

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of banail
radical lenition
banail bhanail

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “banail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “banamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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