binse

See also: Binse

Irish

binse

Alternative forms

• beinnse
• binnse, bínnse, bínse (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish beinnse, from Middle English bench, from Old English benċ, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Doublet of banc.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɛn̠ʲʃə/ (corresponding to the form beinnse)
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲiːnʲʃə/

Noun

binse m (genitive singular binse, nominative plural binsí)

1. bench (seat)
2. (government, law) bench
3. workbench

   Synonym: binse oibre

4. bank, ledge

Declension

Declension of binse (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative binse binsí vocative a bhinse a bhinsí genitive binse binsí dative binse binsí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an binse na binsí genitive an bhinse na mbinsí dative leis an mbinse don bhinse leis na binsí

Derived terms

• bacán binse m (“bench stop”)
• barántas binse (“bench warrant”)
• binse breithimh (“judge's bench; tribunal”)
• binse cloiche (“ledge, shelf, of rock”)
• binse na nAirí (“the front bench”)
• binse profa (“test-bench”)
• binse sáibh (“saw-bench”)
• binse trasna (“cross-bench”)
• binseoir m (“bencher”)
• binsín m (diminutive)
• bís bhinse f (“bench-vice, bench screw”)
• deil bhinse (“bench lathe”)
• idir barra is binse (“in open court”)
• promhadh ar bhinse (“bench-test”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of binse

radical	lenition	eclipsis
binse	bhinse	mbinse

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) “binse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bein(n)se, béinse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “binnse”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 67
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “binse”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “binse”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025