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Definition 2024


bannae

bannae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Noun

bannae ?

  1. drop
  2. (medicine) pustule

Inflection

Unknown gender io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Derived terms

  • bannán m (small drop, droplet)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bannae bannae
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbannae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • bannae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.