banaoire

Irish

Etymology

From ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ aoire (“shepherd”).

Noun

banaoire m (genitive singular banaoire, nominative plural banaoirí)

1. shepherdess

   Synonym: bantréadaí

Declension

Declension of banaoire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative banaoire banaoirí vocative a bhanaoire a bhanaoirí genitive banaoire banaoirí dative banaoire banaoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an banaoire na banaoirí genitive an bhanaoire na mbanaoirí dative leis an mbanaoire don bhanaoire leis na banaoirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of banaoire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
banaoire	bhanaoire	mbanaoire

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