boineannach

Irish

Noun

boineannach m (genitive singular boineannaigh, nominative plural boineannaigh)

1. Alternative form of baineannach (“female”)

Declension

Declension of boineannach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative boineannach boineannaigh vocative a bhoineannaigh a bhoineannacha genitive boineannaigh boineannach dative boineannach boineannaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an boineannach na boineannaigh genitive an bhoineannaigh na mboineannach dative leis an mboineannach don bhoineannach leis na boineannaigh

Adjective

boineannach (genitive singular masculine boineannaigh, genitive singular feminine boineannaí, plural boineannacha, not comparable)

1. Alternative form of baineannach (“having female offspring; female”)

Declension

Declension of boineannach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	boineannach	bhoineannach	boineannacha; bhoineannacha2
vocative	bhoineannaigh		boineannacha
genitive		boineannaí	boineannacha	boineannach
dative	boineannach; bhoineannach1	bhoineannach; bhoineannaigh (archaic)	boineannacha; bhoineannacha2
Comparative	níos boineannaí
Superlative	is boineannaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of boineannach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
boineannach	bhoineannach	mboineannach

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