banais

See also: bañáis

Galician

Verb

banais

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present subjunctive of banir

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbanˠəʃ/

Noun

banais f (genitive singular banaise or bainse, nominative plural banaiseacha or bainseacha)

1. Ulster form of bainis (“wedding”)

Declension

Declension of banais (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative banais banaiseacha vocative a bhanais a bhanaiseacha genitive banaise banaiseacha dative banais banaiseacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bhanais na banaiseacha genitive na banaise na mbanaiseacha dative leis an mbanais don bhanais leis na banaiseacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of banais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
banais	bhanais	mbanais

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *banowessā; often folk-etymologized as ben (“woman, wife”) + feis (“festival”).

Noun

banais f

1. wedding, wedding feast

Declension

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	banaisL	banaisL	banessaH
vocative	banaisL	banaisL	banessaH
accusative	banaisN	banaisL	banessaH
genitive	bainseH	banaisL	banaisN
dative	banaisL	banessaib	banessaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: bainis
• Manx: bannish
• Scottish Gaelic: banais

Mutation

Mutation of banais

radical	lenition	nasalization
banais	banais pronounced with /β-/	mbanais

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “banais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

banais

1. plural of banal

Etymology 2

Verb

banais

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of banir

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish banais (“marriage-feast, wedding”), from Proto-Celtic *banowessā. The Old Irish word is often folk-etymologized as ben (“woman, wife”) + feis (“festival”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ãniʃ/
• (Barra, Sleat, Wester Ross, South Argyll) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɛniʃ/

Noun

banais f (genitive singular bainnse or bainnseadh, plural bainnsean)

1. wedding

   Synonym: pòsadh

   Rud a thachras tric aig banais. ― Something that often happens at a wedding.

2. wedding reception

   banais-taighe ― house wedding; wedding reception at home

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “banais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN