rìbhinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rígan (“queen”) (compare Irish ríon), from Proto-Celtic *rīganī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrˠiːvɪɲ/

Noun

rìbhinn f (genitive singular rìbhinne, plural rìbhinnean)

(poetic) maiden, girl, young lady
Synonyms: ainnir, cailin, gruagach, maighdeann, nighean, òigh

A rìbhinn òg, bheil cuimhn' agad? ― Young maiden, do you remember?
(archaic) queen

References

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “rìbhinn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rígan, rígain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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