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ban-ab

ban-ab

Irish

Noun

ban-ab f ‎(genitive singular ban-aba, nominative plural ban-abaí)

(Christianity) abbess

Declension

Declension of ban-ab

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ban-ab	ban-abaí
Vocative	a bhan-ab	a bhan-abaí
Genitive	ban-aba	ban-abaí
Dative	ban-ab	ban-abaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhan-ab	na ban-abaí
Genitive	na ban-aba	na mban-abaí
Dative	leis an mban-ab don bhan-ab	leis na ban-abaí

Coordinate terms

(gender): ab

Synonyms

máthairab

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ban-ab	bhan-ab	mban-ab
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"ban-ab" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.