ben

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ben f (genitive mná, nominative plural mná)

mná (genitive)
mná (nominative plural)
ben (nominative singular)
mnaí (dual nominative)
mná (nominative plural)
ben (singular vocative)
mnaí (dual vocative)
mná (plural vocative)
bein (accusative singular)
mnaí (accusative singular)
mnaí (accusative dual)
mná (accusative plural)
mná (genitive singular)
ban (dual genitive)
ban (genitive plural)
mnaí (dative singular)
mnáib (dative dual)
mnáib (dative plural)

Middle Irish: ben

Irish: bean

Manx: ben

Scottish Gaelic: bean

⇒ Middle Irish: benagán

From Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

arna érbarthar, “Ó chretsit, nín·tá airli ar mban”

lest it be said, “Since they believed, we do not have management (?) of our women”


ingen

ingine (genitive)
ingen (nominative singular)
ingin (dual nominative)
ingena (nominative plural)
ingen (singular vocative)
ingin (dual vocative)
ingena (plural vocative)
ingin (accusative singular)
ingin (accusative dual)
ingena (accusative plural)
ingine (genitive singular)
ingen (dual genitive)
ingen (genitive plural)
ingin (dative singular)
ingenaib (dative dual)
ingenaib (dative plural)

Middle Irish: ingen

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Irish: iníon, inghean (superseded), inghin, inín (Connacht), nighean, níon (Ulster), inín

Manx: inneen

Scottish Gaelic: nighean, nigheann, inghean

⇒ Middle Irish: ingenach

⇒ Middle Irish: ingenas
Irish: iníonas

From Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena), from Proto-Celtic *enigenā (literally “born within, indigenous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, beget”); compare Latin indigena (“native”) and Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”).


bé

Irish: bé

From Proto-Celtic *ben, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).


máthir

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máthir f (genitive máthar, nominative plural máithir)

máthar (genitive)
máithir (nominative plural)
máthir (nominative singular)
máthair (nominative singular)
máthir (dual nominative)
máthair (dual nominative)
máithir (nominative plural)
máthir (singular vocative)
máthair (singular vocative)
máthir (dual vocative)
máthair (dual vocative)
máithrea (plural vocative)
máthir (accusative singular)
máthair (accusative singular)
máthir (accusative dual)
máthair (accusative dual)
máithrea (accusative plural)
máthar (genitive singular)
máthar (dual genitive)
máithre (genitive plural)
máthir (dative singular)
máthair (dative singular)
máithrib (dative dual)
máithrib (dative plural)
máthir (mutation mutation-radical)
also mmáthir after a proclitic (mutation mutation-radical)
ending in a vowel (mutation mutation-radical)
máthir (mutation mutation-nasal)

Irish: máthair

Manx: moir

Scottish Gaelic: màthair

From Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.


siur

siur f (genitive sethar, nominative plural sethir)

sethar (genitive)
sethir (nominative plural)
siur (nominative singular)
siair (dual nominative)
sieir (dual nominative)
sethir (nominative plural)
siur (singular vocative)
siair (dual vocative)
sieir (dual vocative)
sethra (plural vocative)
siair (accusative singular)
sieir (accusative singular)
siair (accusative dual)
sieir (accusative dual)
sethra (accusative plural)
sethar (genitive singular)
sethar (dual genitive)
sethar (genitive plural)
siair (dative singular)
sieir (dative singular)
sethraib (dative dual)
sethraib (dative plural)
siur (mutation mutation-radical)
phiur (mutation mutation-nasal)
fiur (mutation mutation-nasal)

Irish: siúr

Manx: shuyr

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⇒ Scottish Gaelic: piuthar (back-formed from lenited form fiur, phiur)

From Proto-Celtic *swesūr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.


banscál

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banscál n or f (genitive banscáil or banscáile, nominative plural banscála)

banscáil (genitive)
banscáile (genitive)
banscála (nominative plural)
banscál (nominative singular)
banscál (dual nominative)
banscál (nominative plural)
banscála (nominative plural)
banscál (singular vocative)
banscál (dual vocative)
banscál (plural vocative)
banscála (plural vocative)
banscál (accusative singular)
banscál (accusative dual)
banscál (accusative plural)
banscála (accusative plural)
banscáil (genitive singular)
banscál (dual genitive)
banscál (genitive plural)
banscál (dative singular)
banscálaib (dative dual)
banscálaib (dative plural)
banscál (nominative singular)
banscáil (dual nominative)
banscála (nominative plural)
banscál (singular vocative)
banscáil (dual vocative)
banscála (plural vocative)
banscáil (accusative singular)
banscáil (accusative dual)
banscála (accusative plural)
banscáile (genitive singular)
banscál (dual genitive)
banscál (genitive plural)
banscáil (dative singular)
banscálaib (dative dual)
banscálaib (dative plural)
banscál (mutation mutation-radical)
banscál (mutation mutation-nasal)
mbanscál (mutation)

Irish: banscál

From ban- (“woman”) + scál (“man, human being”)


ainder

ainder (nominative singular)
aindir (dual nominative)
aindre (nominative plural)
ainder (singular vocative)
aindir (dual vocative)
aindre (plural vocative)
aindir (accusative singular)
aindir (accusative dual)
aindre (accusative plural)
aindre (genitive singular)
ainder (dual genitive)
ainder (genitive plural)
aindir (dative singular)
aindrib (dative dual)
aindrib (dative plural)
ainder (mutation mutation-radical)
n-ainder (mutation)

Irish: ainnir

Scottish Gaelic: ainnir

From Proto-Celtic *anderā (compare Welsh anner, Cornish annor, Breton annoar, all ‘heifer’).


muimme

muimme (nominative singular)
muimmi (dual nominative)
muimmi (nominative plural)
muimme (singular vocative)
muimmi (dual vocative)
muimmi (plural vocative)
muimmi (accusative singular)
muimmi (accusative dual)
muimmi (accusative plural)
muimme (genitive singular)
muimme (dual genitive)
muimme (genitive plural)
muimmi (dative singular)
muimmib (dative dual)
muimmib (dative plural)
muimme (mutation mutation-radical)
also mmuimme after a proclitic (mutation mutation-radical)
ending in a vowel (mutation mutation-radical)
muimme (mutation mutation-nasal)

Irish: muime, buime

Manx: mimmey

Scottish Gaelic: muime

From Proto-Celtic *mammā (“mom, nanny”).


ammait

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ammait f (genitive ammaite, nominative plural ammaiti)

ammaite (genitive)
ammaiti (nominative plural)
ammait (nominative singular)
ammait (dual nominative)
ammaiti (nominative plural)
ammait (singular vocative)
ammait (dual vocative)
ammaiti (plural vocative)
ammaiti (accusative singular)
ammait (accusative dual)
ammaiti (accusative plural)
ammaite (genitive singular)
ammaite (dual genitive)
ammaite (genitive plural)
ammaiti (dative singular)
ammaitib (dative dual)
ammaitib (dative plural)
ammait (mutation mutation-radical)
n-ammait (mutation)

Irish: amaid

⇒ Middle Irish: amaidecht

desctree

⇒ Middle Irish: *ammatán
Irish: amadán
Manx: ommidan
Scottish Gaelic: amadan


caile

caile (genitive)
caile (nominative singular)
caili (dual nominative)
caili (nominative plural)
caile (singular vocative)
caili (dual vocative)
caili (plural vocative)
caili (accusative singular)
caili (accusative dual)
caili (accusative plural)
caile (genitive singular)
caile (dual genitive)
caile (genitive plural)
caili (dative singular)
cailib (dative dual)
cailib (dative plural)
caile (mutation mutation-radical)
chaile (mutation mutation-nasal)
caile (mutation)

Middle Irish: caile

Irish: caile

Scottish Gaelic: caile

Possibly related to Breton plac'h (“girl”) which cognates with Latin paelex (“concubine”), Ancient Greek παλλακή (pallakḗ, “young girl”).

cog

‘Cid ra mer in cali ⁊ in banaccaid?’ bar Fergus.

‘What has crazed the girl and peasant-woman?’ said Fergus.

serving-girl, maid (sometimes pejorative)


sinsersiur

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sinserṡiur f (genitive sinserṡethar, nominative plural sinserṡethir)

sinserṡiur (canonical feminine)
sinserṡethar (genitive)
sinserṡethir (nominative plural)
sinserṡiur (nominative singular)
sinserṡiair (dual nominative)
sinserṡieir (dual nominative)
sinserṡethir (nominative plural)
sinserṡiur (singular vocative)
sinserṡiair (dual vocative)
sinserṡieir (dual vocative)
sinserṡethra (plural vocative)
sinserṡiair (accusative singular)
sinserṡieir (accusative singular)
sinserṡiair (accusative dual)
sinserṡieir (accusative dual)
sinserṡethra (accusative plural)
sinserṡethar (genitive singular)
sinserṡethar (dual genitive)
sinserṡethar (genitive plural)
sinserṡiair (dative singular)
sinserṡieir (dative singular)
sinserṡethraib (dative dual)
sinserṡethraib (dative plural)
sinserṡiur (mutation mutation-radical)
ṡinserṡiur (mutation mutation-nasal)

“Erchoitmed ingine gulidi inso”, § 7


séitig

séitig f (genitive séitche, nominative plural séitchi)

séitche (genitive)
séitchi (nominative plural)
séitig (nominative singular)
séitig (dual nominative)
séitchi (nominative plural)
séitig (singular vocative)
séitig (dual vocative)
séitchi (plural vocative)
séitchi (accusative singular)
séitig (accusative dual)
séitchi (accusative plural)
séitche (genitive singular)
séitche (dual genitive)
séitche (genitive plural)
séitchi (dative singular)
séitchib (dative dual)
séitchib (dative plural)
séitig (mutation mutation-radical)
ṡéitig (mutation mutation-nasal)

/ˈsʲeːdʲəɣʲ/

From an earlier meaning of "companion," from Proto-Celtic *sentikī, related to *sentus (“way, path”), also the source of sét (“path”).

Áos aithrigi tra ind í chetamus bíte fri tnúith ⁊ ad·ellad ilsétchi ⁊ dua·mberar cland, .uii. bliadna dóib oc pendaind.

c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 11, pages 115-179:

Now as to penitents, first, those that are given to lust, and that frequent various mates and have children born to them: seven years for them of penance.


rígain

rígain (nominative singular)
rígain (dual nominative)
rígnai (nominative plural)
rígain (singular vocative)
rígain (dual vocative)
rígnai (plural vocative)
rígnai (accusative singular)
rígain (accusative dual)
rígnai (accusative plural)
rígnae (genitive singular)
rígnae (dual genitive)
rígnae (genitive plural)
rígnai (dative singular)
rígnaib (dative dual)
rígnaib (dative plural)
rígain (mutation mutation-radical)
also rrígain after a proclitic (mutation mutation-radical)
ending in a vowel (mutation mutation-radical)
rígain (mutation mutation-nasal)

desctree

Middle Irish: rígan
Irish: ríon, banríon
Manx: rein, benrein
Scottish Gaelic: rìghinn, banrìghinn, rìbhinn

.i. co n-eperthae as comdiu dia rígain in rí.

And it should be said that the king is a master to his queen.

Hirúath cona rígain, las·rort co lín ilach; nír at·gab, réim calad, talam na nem ninach.

c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Prologue, line 105; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:

[King] Herod [the Great] with his queen, along with whom he was slain to much rejoicing; neither the earth nor the heavenly heavens received him (a rather rough fate!).

La martrai rígnae, Eufemiae slógdae; Benedicht, balc ágae, macc cráibdech Con-lógae.

c. 808, Félire Oengusso, July 11; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:

With the martyrdom of the queen, Euphemia the hostful, [is also commemorated] Benedict, a strong pillar and devout son of Cú Lógae.


ben síde

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ben síde f (genitive mná síde, nominative plural mná síde)

mná síde (genitive)
mná síde (nominative plural)

desctree

Irish: bean sí, bean sídhe (obsolete)
→ English: banshee (see there for further descendants)
→ Scots: banshee

Scottish Gaelic: bean-shìdh

Manx: ben shee

From ben (“woman”) + síd (“fairy mound”).


cumal

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cumal f (genitive cumaile, nominative plural cumala)

cumaile (genitive)
cumala (nominative plural)
cumal (nominative singular)
cumail (dual nominative)
cumala (nominative plural)
cumal (singular vocative)
cumail (dual vocative)
cumala (plural vocative)
cumail (accusative singular)
cumail (accusative dual)
cumala (accusative plural)
cumaile (genitive singular)
cumal (dual genitive)
cumal (genitive plural)
cumail (dative singular)
cumalaib (dative dual)
cumalaib (dative plural)
cumal (mutation mutation-radical)
chumal (mutation mutation-nasal)
cumal (mutation)

Irish: cumhal

From Proto-Celtic *kamulā, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- (“to exert oneself, get tired”), and cognate with Middle Irish cuma (“trouble”), Ancient Greek κάμνω (kámnō, “to toil, get tired”).