baint

See also: bain't

Irish

Etymology

From bain +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

Noun

baint f (genitive singular bainte)

  1. verbal noun of bain
  2. relation, affinity, connection
    Synonyms: caidreamh, gaolmhaireacht, gaol
  3. relevance
  4. (medicine, of tumour, cyst, etc.) removal, extraction
  5. digging, removing (of potatoes, etc.)
  6. harvesting, reaping
    Synonyms: baint an fhómhair, sábháil, déanamh an fhómhair, buaint, buainteoireacht, fómhar
  7. involvement (in, with something, somebody)
    Synonym: páirt
  8. (Gaelic football) lift, pick-up
    Synonyms: ardú, piocadh

Declension

Declension of baint (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative baint
vocative a bhaint
genitive bainte
dative baint
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bhaint
genitive na bainte
dative leis an mbaint
don bhaint

Mutation

Mutated forms of baint
radical lenition eclipsis
baint bhaint mbaint

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 31, page 18
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 60
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 254, page 91

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