banail

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Either bean +‎ -ail, or possibly directly from Middle Irish banamail, from the same basic etyma.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑnəl/

Adjective

banail

  1. feminine, womanly
  2. virginal

Derived terms

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “banamail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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