Irish
Etymology
From ban- (feminine prefix) + cealgaire (“guileful person; beguiler, deceiver”).
Noun
banchealgaire m (genitive singular banchealgaire, nominative plural banchealgairí)
- seductive woman, siren
Declension
Declension of banchealgaire (fourth declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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banchealgaire
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banchealgairí
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| vocative
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a bhanchealgaire
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a bhanchealgairí
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| genitive
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banchealgaire
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banchealgairí
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| dative
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banchealgaire
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banchealgairí
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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 banchealgaire
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na banchealgairí
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| genitive
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an bhanchealgaire
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na mbanchealgairí
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| dative
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leis an mbanchealgaire don bhanchealgaire
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leis na banchealgairí
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Mutation
Mutated forms of banchealgaire
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| banchealgaire
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bhanchealgaire
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mbanchealgaire
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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.