báinseach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish báinsech (open space), from bán (untilled, waste, unoccupied, adjective).

Noun

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báinseach f (genitive singular báinsí, nominative plural báinseacha)

  1. green, sward, greensward, lawn

Declension

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Synonyms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
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

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Further reading

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  • 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