"bainis" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbanʲəʃ/
Etymology: From Old Irish banais (“wedding feast, wedding”), from Proto-Celtic *banowessā. The Old Irish word is often folk-etymologized as ben (“woman, wife”) + feis (“festival”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|banais|t=wedding feast, wedding}} Old Irish banais (“wedding feast, wedding”), {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*banowessā}} Proto-Celtic *banowessā Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|bainise|or|bainse|||||nominative plural|bainiseacha|or|bainseacha|||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} bainis f (genitive singular bainise or bainse, nominative plural bainiseacha or bainseacha), {{ga-noun|f|bainise|bainiseacha|gen2=bainse|pl2=bainseacha}} bainis f (genitive singular bainise or bainse, nominative plural bainiseacha or bainseacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: bainise [genitive, singular], bainse [genitive, singular], bainiseacha [nominative, plural], bainseacha [nominative, plural], declension-2 [table-tags], no-table-tags [table-tags], bainis [indefinite, nominative, singular], bainiseacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a bhainis [indefinite, singular, vocative], a bhainiseacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], bainise [genitive, indefinite, singular], bainiseacha [genitive, indefinite, plural], bainis [dative, indefinite, singular], bainiseacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an bhainis [definite, nominative, singular], na bainiseacha [definite, nominative, plural], na bainise [definite, genitive, singular], na mbainiseacha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mbainis [dative, definite, singular], don bhainis [dative, definite, singular], leis na bainiseacha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bainis [error-unrecognized-form], bhainis [lenition], mbainis [eclipsis], banais [alternative, Ulster]
  1. wedding, wedding feast Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bainis-ga-noun-AEyGrZhp Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Marriage Derived forms: aoi bainise, bainis a dhéanamh, bainis bhaiste, béile bainise, cáca bainise, cárta bainise, cóisir bhainise, comóradh bainise, fear tionlacain bainise, gliúrach bhainise, lucht bainise, máirseáil bhainise, teach bainise

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "banais",
        "t": "wedding feast, wedding"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish banais (“wedding feast, wedding”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*banowessā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *banowessā",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish banais (“wedding feast, wedding”), from Proto-Celtic *banowessā. The Old Irish word is often folk-etymologized as ben (“woman, wife”) + feis (“festival”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bainise",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainse",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainiseacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainseacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhainis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainise",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bhainis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bainise",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbainis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bhainis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na bainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainis",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhainis",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbainis",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "banais",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "bainiseacha",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "bainseacha",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "bainise",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "bainse",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bainis f (genitive singular bainise or bainse, nominative plural bainiseacha or bainseacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "bainise",
        "3": "bainiseacha",
        "gen2": "bainse",
        "pl2": "bainseacha"
      },
      "expansion": "bainis f (genitive singular bainise or bainse, nominative plural bainiseacha or bainseacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Marriage",
          "orig": "ga:Marriage",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "aoi bainise"
        },
        {
          "word": "bainis a dhéanamh"
        },
        {
          "word": "bainis bhaiste"
        },
        {
          "word": "béile bainise"
        },
        {
          "word": "cáca bainise"
        },
        {
          "word": "cárta bainise"
        },
        {
          "word": "cóisir bhainise"
        },
        {
          "word": "comóradh bainise"
        },
        {
          "word": "fear tionlacain bainise"
        },
        {
          "word": "gliúrach bhainise"
        },
        {
          "word": "lucht bainise"
        },
        {
          "word": "máirseáil bhainise"
        },
        {
          "word": "teach bainise"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wedding, wedding feast"
      ],
      "id": "en-bainis-ga-noun-AEyGrZhp",
      "links": [
        [
          "wedding",
          "wedding"
        ],
        [
          "feast",
          "feast"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbanʲəʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bainis"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "aoi bainise"
    },
    {
      "word": "bainis a dhéanamh"
    },
    {
      "word": "bainis bhaiste"
    },
    {
      "word": "béile bainise"
    },
    {
      "word": "cáca bainise"
    },
    {
      "word": "cárta bainise"
    },
    {
      "word": "cóisir bhainise"
    },
    {
      "word": "comóradh bainise"
    },
    {
      "word": "fear tionlacain bainise"
    },
    {
      "word": "gliúrach bhainise"
    },
    {
      "word": "lucht bainise"
    },
    {
      "word": "máirseáil bhainise"
    },
    {
      "word": "teach bainise"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "banais",
        "t": "wedding feast, wedding"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish banais (“wedding feast, wedding”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*banowessā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *banowessā",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish banais (“wedding feast, wedding”), from Proto-Celtic *banowessā. The Old Irish word is often folk-etymologized as ben (“woman, wife”) + feis (“festival”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bainise",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainse",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainiseacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainseacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhainis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainise",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bhainis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bainise",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbainis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bhainis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na bainiseacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bainis",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhainis",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbainis",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "banais",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "bainiseacha",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "bainseacha",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "bainise",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "bainse",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bainis f (genitive singular bainise or bainse, nominative plural bainiseacha or bainseacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "bainise",
        "3": "bainiseacha",
        "gen2": "bainse",
        "pl2": "bainseacha"
      },
      "expansion": "bainis f (genitive singular bainise or bainse, nominative plural bainiseacha or bainseacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish feminine nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish nouns",
        "Irish second-declension nouns",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Marriage"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wedding, wedding feast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wedding",
          "wedding"
        ],
        [
          "feast",
          "feast"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbanʲəʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bainis"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bainis meaning in Irish (4.7kB)

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    "bainis"
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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}

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}

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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.