bean tí

See also: beanti

Irish

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) bean tigh

Noun

bean  f (genitive singular mná tí, nominative plural mná tí)

  1. housewife; housekeeper

Declension

Declension of bean tí (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bean tí mná tí
vocative a bhean tí a mhná tí
genitive mná tí ban tí
dative bean tí
mnaoi thí (archaic or dialectal)
mná tí
mnáibh tí (archaic)
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhean tí na mná tí
genitive na mná tí na mban tí
dative leis an mbean tí
don bhean tí
leis an mnaoi thí (archaic or dialectal)
don mhnaoi thí (archaic or dialectal)
leis na mná tí
leis na mnáibh tí (archaic)

Synonyms

  • (housekeeper): tíosach

Mutation

Mutated forms of bean tí
radical lenition eclipsis
bean tí bhean tí mbean tí

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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