# bainne
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish bannae (“drop”).

### Pronunciation

* (Waterford, Cork) IPA: /ˈbˠaɲə/
* (Kerry) IPA: /ˈbˠɑnʲə/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈbˠan̠ʲə/, /ˈbˠæn̠ʲə/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈbˠæn̠ʲə/

### Noun

bainne m (genitive singular bainne)
* milk

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
nominative
bainne
vocative
a bhainne
genitive
bainne
dative
bainne
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative
an bainne
genitive
an bhainne
dative
leis an mbainne don bhainne :

#### Derived terms

* bainne ailse (“pus from malignant sore”)
* bainne bán (“purulent eruption”)
* bainne bearrtha (“skim-milk”)
* bainne bó (“cow's milk”)
* bainne bó bleacht (“cowslip juice”)
* bainne bolgaí (“pock discharge”)
* bainne briste (“milk turning sour”)
* bainne buí (“beestings”)
* bainne caoin (“spurge”)
* bainne caorach (“sheep's milk”)
* bainne cíche (“breastmilk”)
* bainne cíche éan (“juice of dandelion”)
* bainne clog (“juice of dandelion”)
* bainne gabhair (“goat's milk”)
* bainne géar (“sour milk”)
* bainne lom (“skim-milk”)
* bainne milis (“fresh milk”)
* bainne muice (“sow-thistle”)
* bainne righin (“milk sediment (on churn)”)
* bainniúil (“milky; milk-yielding”, adjective)

#### Descendants

* →⇒ Fingallian: banna-clab

#### Related terms

* bainniúlacht f (“milkiness”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bannae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 15, page 10
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 59
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 251, page 90

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bainne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish bannae (“drop”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈb̥aɲə/
* (Lewis, Sutherland) IPA: /ˈb̥ɔ̃ɲə/ (corresponding to the form boinne)
* (Barra) IPA: [ˈb̥ɛɲʌ]
* (Sleat) IPA: /ˈb̥æɲə/
* (Colonsay) IPA: [ˈb̥aˀɲɪ̈]

#### Noun

bainne m (genitive singular bainne)
* milk

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bainne m
* genitive singular of bann

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bannae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Scouller, Alastair (2017) The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 259

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “bainne”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN