ban-naomh

Irish

Etymology

From ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ naomh (“saint”).

Noun

ban-naomh m (genitive singular ban-naoimh, nominative plural ban-naoimh)

1. (Christianity) female saint

Declension

Declension of ban-naomh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ban-naomh ban-naoimh vocative a bhan-naoimh a bhan-naomha genitive ban-naoimh ban-naomh dative ban-naomh ban-naoimh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ban-naomh na ban-naoimh genitive an bhan-naoimh na mban-naomh dative leis an mban-naomh don bhan-naomh leis na ban-naoimh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ban-naomh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ban-naomh	bhan-naomh	mban-naomh

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ban-naomh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN