báinseach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • báinseachán m
  • báinseán m

Etymology

From Old Irish báinsech (“open space”), from bán (“untilled, waste, unoccupied”, adjective).

Noun

báinseach f (genitive singular báinsí, nominative plural báinseacha)

  1. green, sward, greensward, lawn

Declension

Declension of báinseach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative báinseach báinseacha
vocative a bháinseach a bháinseacha
genitive báinsí báinseach
dative báinseach
báinsigh (archaic, dialectal) 		báinseacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bháinseach na báinseacha
genitive na báinsí na mbáinseach
dative leis an mbáinseach
leis an mbáinsigh (archaic, dialectal)
don bháinseach
don bháinsigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na báinseacha

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of báinseach
radical lenition eclipsis
báinseach bháinseach mbáinseach

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

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báinseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “greensward”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “sward”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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