binsín

Irish

Etymology

From binse (“bench”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

binsín m (genitive singular binsín, nominative plural binsíní)

1. diminutive of binse (“bench”)

Declension

Declension of binsín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative binsín binsíní vocative a bhinsín a bhinsíní genitive binsín binsíní dative binsín binsíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an binsín na binsíní genitive an bhinsín na mbinsíní dative leis an mbinsín don bhinsín leis na binsíní

Derived terms

• binsín ceoil (“snatch of song”)
• binsín luachra (“little bench, little bunch, of rushes”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of binsín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
binsín	bhinsín	mbinsín

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) “binsín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “binsín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025