banaoire

Irish

Etymology

From ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ aoire (“shepherd”).

Noun

banaoire m (genitive singular banaoire, nominative plural banaoirí)

1. shepherdess

   Synonym: bantréadaí

Declension

Declension of banaoire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative banaoire banaoirí Vocative a bhanaoire a bhanaoirí Genitive banaoire banaoirí Dative banaoire banaoirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an banaoire na banaoirí Genitive an bhanaoire na mbanaoirí Dative leis an mbanaoire don bhanaoire leis na banaoirí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banaoire	bhanaoire	mbanaoire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.