bean abhrais

Irish

Noun

bean abhrais f (genitive singular mná abhrais, nominative plural mná abhrais)

spinner (of wool)
Synonym: abhraiseach

Derived terms

banabhraiseach f (“woman spinner; handy woman, housewife”)

Mutation

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

"bean abhrais" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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