banfhreastalaí

Irish

Etymology

From ban- (feminine prefix) +‎ freastalaí (“server, waiter”).

Noun

banfhreastalaí m (genitive singular banfhreastalaí, nominative plural banfhreastalaithe)

1. female attendant; waitress

   Synonym: cailín freastail

Declension

Declension of banfhreastalaí (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative banfhreastalaí banfhreastalaithe vocative a bhanfhreastalaí a bhanfhreastalaithe genitive banfhreastalaí banfhreastalaithe dative banfhreastalaí banfhreastalaithe forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an banfhreastalaí na banfhreastalaithe genitive an bhanfhreastalaí na mbanfhreastalaithe dative leis an mbanfhreastalaí don bhanfhreastalaí leis na banfhreastalaithe

Hypernyms

• freastalaí (“server, waiter”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of banfhreastalaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
banfhreastalaí	bhanfhreastalaí	mbanfhreastalaí

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) “banfhreastalaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN