báinseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• báinseachán m
• báinseán m

Etymology

From Old Irish báinsech (“open space”), from bán (“untilled, waste, unoccupied”, adjective).

Noun

báinseach f (genitive singular báinsí, nominative plural báinseacha)

1. green, sward, greensward, lawn

Declension

Declension of báinseach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative báinseach báinseacha vocative a bháinseach a bháinseacha genitive báinsí báinseach dative báinseach báinsigh (archaic, dialectal) báinseacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bháinseach na báinseacha genitive na báinsí na mbáinseach dative leis an mbáinseach leis an mbáinsigh (archaic, dialectal) don bháinseach don bháinsigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na báinseacha

Synonyms

• (lawn, green): plásóg, faiche
• (lawn): plásóg fhéir, léana

Mutation

Mutated forms of báinseach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
báinseach	bháinseach	mbáinseach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báinsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báinseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “greensward”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “sward”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025