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

Mutated forms of bainirseach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bainirseach	bhainirseach	mbainirseach

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

Further reading

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