baint

See also: bain't

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

baint f (genitive singular bainte)

  1. verbal noun of bain
  2. connection, relationship
  3. relevance
  4. (medicine, of tumour, cyst, etc.) removal
  5. digging, removing
  6. involvement (in, with something, somebody)
    Synonym: páirt
  7. harvesting
    Synonyms: baint an fhómhair, sábháil, déanamh an fhómhair, buaint, buainteoireacht, fómhar
  8. lifting (of potatoes, etc.)
    Synonym: tógáil
  9. reaping (of hay)
  10. saving
  11. extraction
  12. relationship, affinity, connection
    Synonyms: caidreamh, gaolmhaireacht, gaol
  13. relation
    Synonym: gaol
  14. (Gaelic football) lift, pick-up
    Synonyms: ardú, piocadh

Declension
Declension of baint

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative baint
Vocative a bhaint
Genitive bainte
Dative baint

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bhaint
Genitive na bainte
Dative leis an mbaint

don bhaint

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

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 60.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “baint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “baint” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “baint” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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