braillín

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Irish

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braillíní

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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).[4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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braillín f (genitive singular braillíne, nominative plural braillíní)

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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

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  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “bairlín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  2. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “braitlín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  3. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “braitlinn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 80
  4. ^ Marstrander, C. J. S. (1915) Bidrag til det norske sprogs historie i Irland[1], Kristiania: I kommission hos J. Dybwad, pages 37-38

Further reading

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