binsín

Irish

Etymology

From binse (“bench”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

binsín m (genitive singular binsín, nominative plural binsíní)

  1. diminutive of binse (“bench”)

Declension

Declension of binsín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative binsín binsíní
vocative a bhinsín a bhinsíní
genitive binsín binsíní
dative binsín binsíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an binsín na binsíní
genitive an bhinsín na mbinsíní
dative leis an mbinsín
don bhinsín 		leis na binsíní

Derived terms

  • binsín ceoil (“snatch of song”)
  • binsín luachra (“little bench, little bunch, of rushes”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of binsín
radical lenition eclipsis
binsín bhinsín mbinsín

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) “binsín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “binsín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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