báinseach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- báinseachán m
- báinseán m
Etymology edit
From Old Irish báinsech (“open space”), from bán (“untilled, waste, unoccupied”, adjective).
Noun edit
báinseach f (genitive singular báinsí, nominative plural báinseacha)
- green, sward, greensward, lawn
Declension edit
Declension of báinseach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms edit
- (lawn, green): plásóg, faiche
- (lawn): plásóg fhéir, léana
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “báinsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading edit
- 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