boineannach

Irish

Noun

boineannach m (genitive singular boineannaigh, nominative plural boineannaigh)

1. Alternative form of baineannach (“female”)

Declension

Declension of boineannach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative boineannach boineannaigh Vocative a bhoineannaigh a bhoineannacha Genitive boineannaigh boineannach Dative boineannach boineannaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an boineannach na boineannaigh Genitive an bhoineannaigh na mboineannach Dative leis an mboineannach don bhoineannach leis na boineannaigh

Adjective

boineannach (genitive singular masculine boineannaigh, genitive singular feminine boineannaí, plural boineannacha, not comparable)

1. Alternative form of baineannach (“having female offspring; female”)

Declension

Declension of boineannach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	boineannach	bhoineannach	boineannacha; bhoineannacha²
Vocative	bhoineannaigh		boineannacha
Genitive		boineannaí	boineannacha	boineannach
Dative	boineannach; bhoineannach¹	bhoineannach; bhoineannaigh (archaic)	boineannacha; bhoineannacha²
Comparative	níos boineannaí
Superlative	is boineannaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
boineannach	bhoineannach	mboineannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boineann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN