bean abhrais
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Irish
[edit]Noun
[edit]bean abhrais f (genitive singular mná abhrais, nominative plural mná abhrais)
- spinner (of wool)
- Synonym: abhraiseach
Derived terms
[edit]- banabhraiseach f (“woman spinner; handy woman, housewife”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bean abhrais | bhean abhrais | mbean abhrais |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bean abhrais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN