baintreach
Irish
Alternative forms
- baintreabhach (superseded)
- baintreách
Etymology
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| *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
Noun
baintreach f (genitive singular baintrí, nominative plural baintreacha)
- widow
- Synonym: baintreach mná
- Coordinate term: baintreach fir
Declension
Declension of baintreach
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- 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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| baintreach | bhaintreach | mbaintreach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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
- 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
- Entries containing “baintreach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “baintreach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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