binsín

Irish

Etymology

From binse (“bench”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

binsín m (genitive singular binsín, nominative plural binsíní)

1. diminutive of binse (“bench”)

Declension

Declension of binsín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative binsín binsíní Vocative a bhinsín a bhinsíní Genitive binsín binsíní Dative binsín binsíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an binsín na binsíní Genitive an bhinsín na mbinsíní Dative leis an mbinsín don bhinsín leis na binsíní

Derived terms

• binsín ceoil (“snatch of song”)
• binsín luachra (“little bench, little bunch, of rushes”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
binsín	bhinsín	mbinsín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “binsín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “binsín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024