báinseach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- báinseachán m
- báinseán m
Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish báinsech (“open space”), from bán (“untilled, waste, unoccupied”, adjective).
Noun
[edit]báinseach f (genitive singular báinsí, nominative plural báinseacha)
- green, sward, greensward, lawn
Declension
[edit]Declension of báinseach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
[edit]- (lawn, green): plásóg, faiche
- (lawn): plásóg fhéir, léana
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
báinseach | bháinseach | mbáinseach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báinsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báinseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “greensward”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “sward”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024