banais

See also: bañáis

Galician

Verb

banais

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present subjunctive of banir

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbanˠəʃ/, /ˈban̪ˠəʃ/

Noun

banais f (genitive singular banaise or bainse, nominative plural banaiseacha or bainseacha)

1. Ulster form of bainis (“wedding”)

Declension

Declension of banais (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative banais banaisa vocative a bhanais a bhanaisa genitive b~e banais dative banais banaisa forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhanais na banaisa genitive na b~e na mbanais dative leis an mbanais don bhanais leis na banaisa

Mutation

Mutated forms of banais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
banais	bhanais	mbanais

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

banais

1. plural of banal

Etymology 2

Verb

banais

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of banir

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish banais (“marriage-feast, wedding”), from Proto-Celtic *banowessā, equivalent to Old Irish ben (“woman, wife”) + feis (“festival”).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ãnɪʃ/
• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥anɪʃ/
• (Barra, Sleat, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɛnɪʃ/

Noun

banais f (genitive singular bainnse or bainnseadh, plural bainnsean)

1. wedding

   Rud a thachras tric aig banais. ― Something that often happens at a wedding.

Synonyms

• pòsadh

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “banais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN