bantracht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bantrocht (“company of women, female retinue; womenfolk”).

Noun

bantracht f (genitive singular bantrachta)

1. womankind; womenfolk

Declension

Declension of bantracht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative bantracht Vocative a bhantracht Genitive bantrachta Dative bantracht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhantracht Genitive na bantrachta Dative leis an mbantracht don bhantracht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bantracht	bhantracht	mbantracht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bantracht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “bantracht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bantracht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.