bainirseach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

bainirseach f (genitive singular bainirsí, nominative plural bainirseacha)

  1. female seal, cow (seal)

Declension

Declension of bainirseach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bainirseach bainirseacha
vocative a bhainirseach a bhainirseacha
genitive bainirsí bainirseach
dative bainirseach
bainirsigh (archaic, dialectal) 		bainirseacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhainirseach na bainirseacha
genitive na bainirsí na mbainirseach
dative leis an mbainirseach
leis an mbainirsigh (archaic, dialectal)
don bhainirseach
don bhainirsigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na bainirseacha

Synonyms

  • bainirseach róin

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bainirseach
radical lenition eclipsis
bainirseach bhainirseach mbainirseach

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

Further reading

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