báinseach

báinseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• báinseachán m
• báinseán m

Etymology

From Old Irish báinsech (“open space”), from bán (“untilled, waste, unoccupied”, adjective).

Noun

báinseach f (genitive singular báinsí, nominative plural báinseacha)

1. green, sward, greensward, lawn

Declension

Declension of báinseach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative báinseach báinseacha Vocative a bháinseach a bháinseacha Genitive báinsí báinseach Dative báinseach báinsigh (archaic, dialectal) báinseacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bháinseach na báinseacha Genitive na báinsí na mbáinseach Dative leis an mbáinseach leis an mbáinsigh (archaic, dialectal) don bháinseach don bháinsigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na báinseacha

Synonyms

• (lawn, green): plásóg, faiche
• (lawn): plásóg fhéir, léana

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
báinseach	bháinseach	mbáinseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “báinsech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Further reading

• "báinseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “greensward” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “sward” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.