Irish
Etymology
From ban- (feminine prefix) + marcach (“horseman”).
Noun
banmharcach m (genitive singular banmharcaigh, nominative plural banmharcaigh)
- horsewoman
- Synonym: baneachlach
Declension
Declension of banmharcach (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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banmharcach
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banmharcaigh
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| vocative
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a bhanmharcaigh
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a bhanmharcacha
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| genitive
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banmharcaigh
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banmharcach
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| dative
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banmharcach
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banmharcaigh
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Mutation
Mutated forms of banmharcach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| banmharcach
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bhanmharcach
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mbanmharcach
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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.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banmharcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “horsewoman”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “banmharcach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm