braillín

== Irish == === Alternative forms === bairlín bráillín braitlín (obsolete) braitlinn (obsolete) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Cork) IPA(key): /bˠɑɾʲˈlʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the alternative form bairlín) (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɑːl̠ʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the alternative form bráillín) (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠæl̠ʲinʲ/ === Noun === braillín f (genitive singular braillíne, nominative plural braillíní) sheet, bedsheet (piece of cloth cut and finished as bed linen) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== braillín sneachta (“covering of snow”) dul faoin mbraillín (“to go to bed”) fear braillíne (“lie-abed”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 blaí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “braillín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83