"bean sí" meaning in Irish

See bean sí in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʲanˠ ʃiː/, /bʲan̪ˠ ʃiː/
Etymology: From Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). By surface analysis, bean + sí. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|ben síde||lit=woman of the fairy mound}} Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”), {{surf|ga|bean|sí|pos=noun}} By surface analysis, bean + sí Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|mná sí|||||||nominative plural|mná sí|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} bean sí f (genitive singular mná sí, nominative plural mná sí), {{ga-noun|f|mná sí|mná sí}} bean sí f (genitive singular mná sí, nominative plural mná sí) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-bean|sí}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: mná sí [genitive, singular], mná sí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bean sí [indefinite, nominative, singular], mná sí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a bhean sí [indefinite, singular, vocative], a mhná sí [indefinite, plural, vocative], mná sí [genitive, indefinite, singular], ban sí [genitive, indefinite, plural], bean sí [dative, indefinite, singular], mnaoi shí [archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular], mná sí [dative, indefinite, plural], mnáibh sí [archaic, dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an bhean sí [definite, nominative, singular], na mná sí [definite, nominative, plural], na mná sí [definite, genitive, singular], na mban sí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mbean sí [dative, definite, singular], don bhean sí [dative, definite, singular], leis an mnaoi shí [dative, definite, singular], don mhnaoi shí [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], leis na mná sí [dative, definite, plural], leis na mnáibh sí [archaic, dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bean sí [mutation, mutation-radical], bhean sí [lenition, mutation], mbean sí [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. banshee, fairy woman Wikipedia link: ga:bean sí Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Female, Folklore, Mythological creatures Synonyms: bean sídhe [obsolete] Derived forms: coigeal na mban sí (english: reed-mace, cat’s tail), líon na mban sí (english: fairy flax, purging flax), lus na mban sí (english: foxglove), méaracáin na mban sí (english: purple foxglove)
    Sense id: en-bean_sí-ga-noun-P05k9Aak Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header

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        "plural"
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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 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.

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