banais

See also: bañáis

Irish

Noun

banais f (genitive singular banaise, nominative plural banaiseacha)

1. Alternative form of bainis (“wedding; wedding-feast”)

Declension

Declension of banais

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative banais banaisa Vocative a bhanais a bhanaisa Genitive banaise banais Dative banais banaisa

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhanais na banaisa Genitive na banaise na mbanais Dative leis an mbanais don bhanais leis na banaisa

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Portuguese

Adjective

banais

1. plural of banal

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish banais (“marriage-feast, wedding”), from Proto-Celtic *banowessā, equivalent to Old Irish ben (“woman, wife”) + feis (“festival”).

Noun

banais f (genitive singular bainnse, plural bainnsean)

1. wedding

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

Synonyms

• pòsadh

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “banais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “banais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language