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
singular plural
nominative bruinneall bruinnealla
vocative a bhruinneall a bhruinnealla
genitive bruinnille bruinneall
dative bruinneall bruinnealla
forms with the definite article
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.

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