banais

See also: bañáis

Galician

Verb

banais

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present subjunctive of banir

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbanˠəʃ/, /ˈban̪ˠəʃ/[1]

Noun

banais f (genitive singular banaise or bainse, nominative plural banaiseacha or bainseacha)

  1. Ulster form of bainis (“wedding”)

Declension
Declension of banais

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative banais banaisa
Vocative a bhanais a bhanaisa
Genitive b~e banais
Dative banais banaisa

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhanais na banaisa
Genitive na b~e na mbanais
Dative leis an mbanais

don bhanais

 leis na banaisa

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
banais bhanais mbanais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 91

Portuguese

Adjective

banais

  1. plural of banal

Verb

banais

  1. second-person plural present subjunctive of banir

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish banais (“marriage-feast, wedding”), from Proto-Celtic *banowessā, equivalent to Old Irish ben (“woman, wife”) + feis (“festival”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpan̪ˠɪʃ/
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈpɛn̪ˠɪʃ/

Noun

banais f (genitive singular bainnse, plural bainnsean)

  1. wedding
    Rud a thachras tric aig banais. ― Something that often happens at a wedding.

Synonyms

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “banais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “banais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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