bean uasal

See also: Bean-uasal and bean-uasal

Irish

Noun

bean uasal f (genitive singular mná uaisle, nominative plural mná uaisle)

1. lady, gentlewoman
2. (as a form of address) madam

   a bhean uasal... ― (dear) madam...

Coordinate terms

• fear uasal (“gentleman”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bean uasal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bean uasal	bhean uasal	mbean uasal

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

Further reading

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