bean tí

bean tí

See also: beanti

Irish

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) bean tigh

Noun

bean tí f (genitive singular mná tí, nominative plural mná tí)

1. housewife; housekeeper

Declension

Declension of bean tí

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bean tí mná tí Vocative a bhean tí a mhná tí Genitive mná tí ban tí Dative bean tí mnaoi thí (archaic or dialectal) mná tí mnáibh tí (archaic)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhean tí na mná tí Genitive na mná tí na mban tí Dative leis an mbean tí; don bhean tí leis an mnaoi thí; don mhnaoi thí (archaic or dialectal) leis na mná tí leis na mnáibh tí (archaic)

Synonyms

• (housekeeper): tíosach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bean tí	bhean tí	mbean tí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “bean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 60