braillín

Irish

braillíní

Alternative forms

  • bairlín[1]
  • bráillín
  • braitlín[2] (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish blaí lín, brá lín (“linen sheet”), by dissimilation, but also influenced in form by brat (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɑːl̠ʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the alternative form bráillín)

Noun

braillín f (genitive singular braillíne, nominative plural braillíní)

  1. sheet, bedsheet (piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen)

Declension

Derived terms

  • braillín sneachta (“covering of snow”)
  • dul faoin mbraillín (“to go to bed”)
  • fear braillíne (“lie-abed”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
braillín bhraillín mbraillín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ↑ “bairlín” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  2. ↑ “braitlín” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

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