binse
See also: Binse
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish beinnse, from Middle English bench, from Old English benċ, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Doublet of banc.
Pronunciation edit
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɛn̠ʲʃə/[1] (corresponding to the form beinnse)
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈbʲiːnʲʃə/
Noun edit
binse m (genitive singular binse, nominative plural binsí)
- bench (seat)
- (government, law) bench
- workbench
- Synonym: binse oibre
- bank, ledge
Declension edit
Declension of binse
Derived terms edit
- bacán binse m (“bench stop”)
- barántas binse (“bench warrant”)
- binse breithimh (“judge's bench; tribunal”)
- binse cloiche (“ledge, shelf, of rock”)
- binse na nAirí (“the front bench”)
- binse profa (“test-bench”)
- binse sáibh (“saw-bench”)
- binse trasna (“cross-bench”)
- binseoir m (“bencher”)
- binsín m (diminutive)
- bís bhinse f (“bench-vice, bench screw”)
- deil bhinse (“bench lathe”)
- idir barra is binse (“in open court”)
- promhadh ar bhinse (“bench-test”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
binse | bhinse | mbinse |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 41
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “binse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bein(n)se, béinse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “binnse”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 67
- Entries containing “binse” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “binse” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.