binse

See also: Binse

Irish

binse

Alternative forms

  • beinnse
  • binnse, bínnse, bínse (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish beinnse, from Middle English bench, from Old English benċ, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Doublet of banc.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɛn̠ʲʃə/[1] (corresponding to the form beinnse)
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈbʲiːnʲʃə/

Noun

binse m (genitive singular binse, nominative plural binsí)

  1. bench (seat)
  2. (government, law) bench
  3. workbench
    Synonym: binse oibre
  4. bank, ledge

Declension

Derived terms

  • bacán binse m (bench stop)
  • barántas binse (bench warrant)
  • binse breithimh (judge's bench; tribunal)
  • binse cloiche (ledge, shelf, of rock)
  • binse na nAirí (the front bench)
  • binse profa (test-bench)
  • binse sáibh (saw-bench)
  • binse trasna (cross-bench)
  • binseoir m (bencher)
  • binsín m (diminutive)
  • bís bhinse f (bench-vice, bench screw)
  • deil bhinse (bench lathe)
  • idir barra is binse (in open court)
  • promhadh ar bhinse (bench-test)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
binse bhinse mbinse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 41

Further reading

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