binse
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binse
See also: Binse
Irish
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Alternative forms
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/[1] (corresponding to the form beinnse)
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈbʲiːnʲʃə/
Noun
binse m (genitive singular binse, nominative plural binsí)
- bench (seat)
- (government, law) bench
- workbench
- Synonym: binse oibre
- bank, ledge
Declension
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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
| 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.
References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 41
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