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)
  • binseoir m (bencher)
  • binse profa (test-bench)
  • binse sáibh (saw-bench)
  • binse trasna (cross-bench)
  • 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, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 41.

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