bainirseach

Irish

Etymology

Noun

bainirseach f (genitive singular bainirsí, nominative plural bainirseacha)

  1. female seal, cow (seal)

Declension
Declension of bainirseach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bainirseach bainirseacha
Vocative a bhainirseach a bhainirseacha
Genitive bainirsí bainirseach
Dative bainirseach
bainirsigh (archaic, dialectal)		 bainirseacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhainirseach na bainirseacha
Genitive na bainirsí na mbainirseach
Dative leis an mbainirseach
leis an mbainirsigh (archaic, dialectal)

don bhainirseach
don bhainirsigh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na bainirseacha

Synonyms
  • bainirseach róin

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bainirseach bhainirseach mbainirseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “cow” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “seal” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • "bainirseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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