bainirseach

Irish

Etymology

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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

• rón
• lao mara

Coordinate terms

• (sex): tarbh róin

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, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “seal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bainirseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN