boinéad

Irish

Alternative forms

• boinéid f

Etymology

From English bonnet.

Noun

boinéad m (genitive singular boinéid, nominative plural boinéid)

1. bonnet, cap (brimless headwear for women)

   Synonym: caidhp

2. (automotive, aviation) bonnet, hood

Declension

Declension of boinéad (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative boinéad boinéid vocative a bhoinéid a bhoinéada genitive boinéid boinéad dative boinéad boinéid forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an boinéad na boinéid genitive an bhoinéid na mboinéad dative leis an mboinéad don bhoinéad leis na boinéid

Derived terms

• boinéad albanach (“Scotch cap”)
• boinéad gobach (“poke-bonnet”)
• boinéad gréine (“sun-bonnet”)
• boinéad sciathánach (“(nun's) cornet”)
• bosca boinéad (“bandbox”)
• gob boinéid (“poke (of bonnet)”)
• ribín boinéid (“bonnet string”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of boinéad

radical	lenition	eclipsis
boinéad	bhoinéad	mboinéad

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) “boinéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “boinéad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “boinéad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024