Noun: bainis
Gender: Fem
Forms without Article
| Singular Nominative | bainis |
| Singular Genitive | bainise |
| Plural Nominative | bainiseacha |
| Plural Genitive | bainiseacha |
Forms with Article
| Singular Nominative | an bhainis |
| Singular Genitive | na bainise |
| Plural Nominative | na bainiseacha |
| Plural Genitive | na mbainiseacha |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like bainis
ainnir,
aisghairm,
bainis,
bruthcharraig,
cairt,
carraig,
ceirt,
ceolchoirm,
cistin,
cling,
clúid,
comaoin,
cuing,
círéib,
cóilis,
deilbh,
ding,
dris,
dronuillinn,
dín, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Irish banais (“wedding feast, wedding”), from Proto-Celtic *banowessā. The Old Irish word is often folk-etymologized as ben (“woman, wife”) + feis (“festival”).
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