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banchealgaire

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Irish

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Etymology

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From ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ cealgaire (guileful person; beguiler, deceiver).

Noun

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banchealgaire m (genitive singular banchealgaire, nominative plural banchealgairí)

  1. seductive woman, siren

Declension

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Declension of banchealgaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative banchealgaire banchealgairí
vocative a bhanchealgaire a bhanchealgairí
genitive banchealgaire banchealgairí
dative banchealgaire banchealgairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an banchealgaire na banchealgairí
genitive an bhanchealgaire na mbanchealgairí
dative leis an mbanchealgaire
don bhanchealgaire
leis na banchealgairí

Mutation

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Mutated forms of banchealgaire
radical lenition eclipsis
banchealgaire bhanchealgaire mbanchealgaire

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