bainis

Irish

Alternative forms

• banais (Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish banais, bainis (“wedding feast, wedding”), from Proto-Celtic *banowessā. The Old Irish word is often folk-etymologized as Old Irish ben (“woman, wife”) + feis (“festival”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanʲəʃ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbanˠəʃ/, /ˈban̪ˠəʃ/ (corresponding to the form banais)

Noun

bainis f (genitive singular bainise or bainse, nominative plural bainiseacha or bainseacha)

1. wedding, wedding feast

Declension

Declension of bainis

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bainis bainiseacha Vocative a bhainis a bhainiseacha Genitive bainise bainiseacha Dative bainis bainiseacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhainis na bainiseacha Genitive na bainise na mbainiseacha Dative leis an mbainis don bhainis leis na bainiseacha

Derived terms

• aoi bainise
• bainis a dhéanamh
• bainis bhaiste
• béile bainise
• cáca bainise
• cárta bainise
• cóisir bhainise
• comóradh bainise
• fear tionlacain bainise
• gliúrach bhainise
• lucht bainise
• máirseáil bhainise
• teach bainise

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bainis	bhainis	mbainis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bainis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bainis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 48