Irish
Etymology
From ban- (feminine prefix) + aisteoir (“actor”).
Noun
ban-aisteoir m (genitive singular ban-aisteora, nominative plural ban-aisteoirí)
- actress
- Synonym: aisteoir mná
- Coordinate term: aisteoir
Declension
Declension of ban-aisteoir (third declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ban-aisteoir
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ban-aisteoirí
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| vocative
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a bhan-aisteoir
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a bhan-aisteoirí
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| genitive
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ban-aisteora
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ban-aisteoirí
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| dative
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ban-aisteoir
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ban-aisteoirí
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an ban-aisteoir
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na ban-aisteoirí
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| genitive
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an bhan-aisteora
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na mban-aisteoirí
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| dative
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leis an mban-aisteoir don bhan-aisteoir
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leis na ban-aisteoirí
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Declension
Mutated forms of ban-aisteoir
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| ban-aisteoir
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bhan-aisteoir
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mban-aisteoir
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ban-aisteoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ban-aisteoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ban-aisteoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025