rìbhinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rígan (“queen”) (compare Irish ríon), from Proto-Celtic *rīganī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrˠiːvɪɲ/

Noun

rìbhinn f (genitive singular rìbhinne, plural rìbhinnean)

(poetic) maiden, girl, young lady
A rìbhinn òg, 'bheil cuimhn' agad?
Young maiden, do you remember?
(archaic) queen

References

MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “rìbhinn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rígan, rígain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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