Irish
Etymology
From ban- + seirbhíseach (“servant”).
Noun
banseirbhíseach m (genitive singular banseirbhísigh, nominative plural banseirbhísigh)
- maidservant
- (biblical) handmaid
Declension
Declension of banseirbhíseach (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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banseirbhíseach
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banseirbhísigh
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| vocative
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a bhanseirbhísigh
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a bhanseirbhíseacha
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| genitive
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banseirbhísigh
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banseirbhíseach
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| dative
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banseirbhíseach
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banseirbhísigh
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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 banseirbhíseach
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na banseirbhísigh
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| genitive
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an bhanseirbhísigh
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na mbanseirbhíseach
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| dative
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leis an mbanseirbhíseach
don bhanseirbhíseach
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leis na banseirbhísigh
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Mutation
Mutated forms of banseirbhíseach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| banseirbhíseach
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bhanseirbhíseach
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mbanseirbhíseach
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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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