beainín

Irish

Alternative forms

• beanín

Etymology

From bean +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲaˈnʲiːnʲ/

Noun

beainín f (genitive singular beainín, nominative plural beainíní)

1. diminutive of bean (“woman”)

Declension

Declension of beainín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative beainín beainíní Vocative a bheainín a bheainíní Genitive beainín beainíní Dative beainín beainíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bheainín na beainíní Genitive na beainín na mbeainíní Dative leis an mbeainín don bheainín leis na beainíní

Derived terms

• beainín uasal (“stoat”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beainín	bheainín	mbeainín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “beainín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• “beainín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “bean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beainín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75