banfhreastalaí

Irish

Etymology

From ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ freastalaí (“server, waiter”).

Noun

banfhreastalaí m (genitive singular banfhreastalaí, nominative plural banfhreastalaithe)

1. female attendant; waitress

   Synonym: cailín freastail

Declension

Declension of banfhreastalaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative banfhreastalaí banfhreastalaithe Vocative a bhanfhreastalaí a bhanfhreastalaithe Genitive banfhreastalaí banfhreastalaithe Dative banfhreastalaí banfhreastalaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an banfhreastalaí na banfhreastalaithe Genitive an bhanfhreastalaí na mbanfhreastalaithe Dative leis an mbanfhreastalaí don bhanfhreastalaí leis na banfhreastalaithe

Hypernyms

• freastalaí (“server, waiter”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banfhreastalaí	bhanfhreastalaí	mbanfhreastalaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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