banais

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See also: bañáis

Galician

Verb

banais

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present subjunctive of banir

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

banais f (genitive singular banaise or bainse, nominative plural banaiseacha or bainseacha)

  1. Ulster form of bainis (“wedding”)

Declension

Declension of banais (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative banais banaisa
vocative a bhanais a bhanaisa
genitive b~e banais
dative banais banaisa
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhanais na banaisa
genitive na b~e na mbanais
dative leis an mbanais
don bhanais 		leis na banaisa

Mutation

Mutated forms of banais
radical lenition eclipsis
banais bhanais mbanais

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 91

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

banais

  1. plural of banal

Etymology 2

Verb

banais

  1. second-person plural present subjunctive of banir

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish banais (“marriage-feast, wedding”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *banowessā, equivalent to Old Irish ben (“woman, wife”) + feis (“festival”).

Pronunciation

Noun

banais f (genitive singular bainnse or bainnseadh, plural bainnsean)

  1. wedding
    Rud a thachras tric aig banais. ― Something that often happens at a wedding.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “banais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “banais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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