banchuire

Irish

Etymology

From ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ cuire (“band, troop”).

Noun

banchuire m (genitive singular banchuire, nominative plural banchuirí)

1. band, group of women

Declension

Declension of banchuire (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative banchuire banchuirí vocative a bhanchuire a bhanchuirí genitive banchuire banchuirí dative banchuire banchuirí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an banchuire na banchuirí genitive an bhanchuire na mbanchuirí dative leis an mbanchuire don bhanchuire leis na banchuirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of banchuire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
banchuire	bhanchuire	mbanchuire

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

Further reading

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