banb

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *banwos. Cognate with Welsh banw.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [banβ]

Noun

banb m (genitive bainb)

piglet, young pig
Synonym: orc

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	banb	banb^L	bainb^L
vocative	bainb	banb^L	banbu^H
accusative	banb^N	banb^L	banbu^H
genitive	bainb^L	banb	banb^N
dative	banb^L	banbaib	banbaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: banbh
Manx: bannoo

Mutation

Mutation of *banb*
radical	lenition	nasalization
banb	banb pronounced with /β-/	mbanb

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “banb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language