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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish báinsech (“open space”), from bán (“untilled, waste, unoccupied”, adjective).
Noun
báinseach f (genitive singular báinsí, nominative plural báinseacha)
- green, sward, greensward, lawn
Declension
Synonyms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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báinseach
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bháinseach
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mbáinseach
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báinseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “greensward”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “sward”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024