Banbha

See also: banbha

English

Proper noun

Banbha

  1. Alternative form of Banba.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Banba.[1]

Proper noun

Banbha f (genitive Bhanbha)

  1. (poetic) Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)
    Synonyms: Éire, Fódhla

Declension

Standard declension:

Declension of Banbha (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Banbha
vocative a Bhanbha
genitive Banbha
dative Banbha
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Bhanbha
genitive na Banbha
dative leis an mBanbha
don Bhanbha

Alternative declension:

Declension of Banbha (fifth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Banbha
vocative a Bhanbha
genitive Banbhan
dative Banbhain
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Bhanbha
genitive na Banbhan
dative leis an mBanbhain
don Bhanbhain

Mutation

Mutated forms of Banbha
radical lenition eclipsis
Banbha Bhanbha mBanbha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Banba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Banḃa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 77; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
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