binsín

Irish

Etymology

From binse (“bench”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

binsín m (genitive singular binsín, nominative plural binsíní)

  1. Diminutive of binse (“bench”)

Declension
Declension of binsín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative binsín binsíní
Vocative a bhinsín a bhinsíní
Genitive binsín binsíní
Dative binsín binsíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an binsín na binsíní
Genitive an bhinsín na mbinsíní
Dative leis an mbinsín

don bhinsín

 leis na binsíní

Derived terms
  • binsín ceoil (“snatch of song”)
  • binsín luachra (“little bench, little bunch, of rushes”)

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

Further reading
  • "binsín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “binsín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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