banais

See also: bañáis

Galician

Verb

banais

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present subjunctive of banir

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbanˠəʃ/, /ˈban̪ˠəʃ/[1]

Noun

banais f (genitive singular banaise or bainse, nominative plural banaiseacha or bainseacha)

  1. Ulster form of bainis (“wedding”)

Declension

Declension of banais (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative banais banaisa
vocative a bhanais a bhanaisa
genitive b~e banais
dative banais banaisa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhanais na banaisa
genitive na b~e na mbanais
dative leis an mbanais
don bhanais 		leis na banaisa

Mutation

Mutated forms of banais
radical lenition eclipsis
banais bhanais mbanais

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 91

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

banais

  1. plural of banal

Etymology 2

Verb

banais

  1. second-person plural present subjunctive of banir

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish banais (“marriage-feast, wedding”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *banowessā. The Old Irish word is often folk-etymologized as ben (“woman, wife”) + feis (“festival”).

Pronunciation

Noun

banais f (genitive singular bainnse or bainnseadh, plural bainnsean)

  1. wedding
    Rud a thachras tric aig banais. ― Something that often happens at a wedding.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “banais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “banais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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