Irish
Etymology
From ban- (feminine prefix) + freastalaí (“server, waiter”).
Noun
banfhreastalaí m (genitive singular banfhreastalaí, nominative plural banfhreastalaithe)
- female attendant; waitress
- Synonym: cailín freastail
Declension
Declension of banfhreastalaí (fourth declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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banfhreastalaí
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banfhreastalaithe
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| vocative
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a bhanfhreastalaí
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a bhanfhreastalaithe
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| genitive
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banfhreastalaí
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banfhreastalaithe
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| dative
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banfhreastalaí
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banfhreastalaithe
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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 banfhreastalaí
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na banfhreastalaithe
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| genitive
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an bhanfhreastalaí
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na mbanfhreastalaithe
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| dative
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leis an mbanfhreastalaí don bhanfhreastalaí
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leis na banfhreastalaithe
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Hypernyms
Mutation
Mutated forms of banfhreastalaí
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| banfhreastalaí
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bhanfhreastalaí
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mbanfhreastalaí
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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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