banchuire

Irish

Etymology

From ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ cuire (“band, troop”).

Noun

banchuire m (genitive singular banchuire, nominative plural banchuirí)

1. band, group of women

Declension

Declension of banchuire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative banchuire banchuirí Vocative a bhanchuire a bhanchuirí Genitive banchuire banchuirí Dative banchuire banchuirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an banchuire na banchuirí Genitive an bhanchuire na mbanchuirí Dative leis an mbanchuire don bhanchuire leis na banchuirí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banchuire	bhanchuire	mbanchuire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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