bansagart

Irish

Etymology

From ban- +‎ sagart (“priest”).

Noun

bansagart m (genitive singular bansagairt, nominative plural bansagairt)

1. (religion) priestess

Declension

Declension of bansagart

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bansagart bansagairt Vocative a bhansagairt a bhansagarta Genitive bansagairt bansagart Dative bansagart bansagairt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bansagart na bansagairt Genitive an bhansagairt na mbansagart Dative leis an mbansagart don bhansagart leis na bansagairt

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bansagart	bhansagart	mbansagart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Entries containing “bansagart” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bansagart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “priestess”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024