banabhraiseach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bean abhrais (spinner, literally yarn woman) + -ach; compare abhraiseach (spinner). Alternatively, could be interpreted as ban- (feminine prefix) + abhraiseach.

Noun

banabhraiseach f (genitive singular banabhraisí, nominative plural banabhraiseacha)

  1. woman spinner
  2. handy woman, housewife

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
banabhraiseach bhanabhraiseach mbanabhraiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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