Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish bantrocht (“company of women, female retinue; womenfolk”).
Noun
bantracht f (genitive singular bantrachta)
- womankind; womenfolk
Declension
Declension of bantracht (third declension, no plural)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of bantracht
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lenition
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eclipsis
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bhantracht
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mbantracht
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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) “bantracht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bantracht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bantracht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025