bansagart

Irish

Etymology

From ban- +‎ sagart (“priest”).

Noun

bansagart m (genitive singular bansagairt, nominative plural bansagairt)

1. (religion) priestess

Declension

Declension of bansagart (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bansagart bansagairt vocative a bhansagairt a bhansagarta genitive bansagairt bansagart dative bansagart bansagairt forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bansagart na bansagairt genitive an bhansagairt na mbansagart dative leis an mbansagart don bhansagart leis na bansagairt

Mutation

Mutated forms of bansagart

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bansagart	bhansagart	mbansagart

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bansagart”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bansagart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “priestess”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024