"braillín" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbˠɾˠæl̠ʲinʲ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish blaí lín, brá lín (“linen sheet”), by dissimilation, but also influenced in form by brat (“cloth”) and assimilated to the suffix -ín. The first part blaí is from Old Norse blæja (“veil”), from Proto-Germanic *blahjǭ (“cloth”). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|blaí lín}} Middle Irish blaí lín, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “2 blaí”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}}, {{af|ga|-ín}} -ín, {{der|ga|non|blæja|t=veil}} Old Norse blæja (“veil”), {{der|ga|gem-pro|*blahjǭ||cloth}} Proto-Germanic *blahjǭ (“cloth”), {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Marstrander, Carl J. S. (<span class="None" lang="und">1915), <cite>Bidrag til det norske sprogs historie i Irland</cite> [<cite>Contributions to the history of the Norwegian language in Ireland</cite>] (in Norwegian), Kristiania: Jacob Dybwad, pages 37–38</span></span>}} Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|braillíne|||||||nominative plural|braillíní|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} braillín f (genitive singular braillíne, nominative plural braillíní), {{ga-noun|f|~e|~í}} braillín f (genitive singular braillíne, nominative plural braillíní) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: braillíne [genitive, singular], braillíní [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an bhraillín [definite, nominative, singular], na braillíní [definite, nominative, plural], na braillíne [definite, genitive, singular], na mbraillíní [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mbraillín [dative, definite, singular], don bhraillín [dative, definite, singular], leis na braillíní [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], braillín [error-unrecognized-form], bhraillín [lenition], mbraillín [eclipsis], bairlín [alternative], bráillín [alternative], braitlín [alternative, obsolete], braitlinn [alternative, obsolete]
  1. sheet, bedsheet (piece of cloth cut and finished as bed linen) Tags: feminine Derived forms: braillín sneachta (english: covering of snow), dul faoin mbraillín (english: to go to bed), fear braillíne (english: lie-abed)
    Sense id: en-braillín-ga-noun-mkvvusrQ Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -ín, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Bedding

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for braillín meaning in Irish (4.4kB)

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