Irish
Etymology
From ban- (feminine prefix) + cosantóir (“defender, protector”).
Noun
banchosantóir m (genitive singular banchosantóra, nominative plural banchosantóirí)
- protectress
Declension
Declension of banchosantóir (third declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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banchosantóir
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banchosantóirí
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| vocative
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a bhanchosantóir
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a bhanchosantóirí
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| genitive
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banchosantóra
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banchosantóirí
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| dative
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banchosantóir
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banchosantóirí
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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 banchosantóir
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na banchosantóirí
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| genitive
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an bhanchosantóra
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na mbanchosantóirí
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| dative
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leis an mbanchosantóir
don bhanchosantóir
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leis na banchosantóirí
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Mutation
Mutated forms of banchosantóir
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| banchosantóir
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bhanchosantóir
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mbanchosantóir
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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.
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