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banríon

banríon

Irish

dhá bhanríon na hÍsiltíre

Alternative forms

bainríoghan (superseded)

Noun

banríon f ‎(genitive singular banríona, nominative plural banríonacha)

queen, (female monarch; wife of a king)
queen (chess; cards)

Declension

Declension of banríon

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	banríon	banríonacha
Vocative	a bhanríon	a bhanríonacha
Genitive	banríona	banríonacha
Dative	banríon	banríonacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhanríon	na banríonacha
Genitive	na banríona	na mbanríonacha
Dative	leis an mbanríon don bhanríon	leis na banríonacha

Coordinate terms

rí

See also

Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text)

rí	banríon	caiseal	easpag	ridire	ceithearnach, fichillín

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banríon	bhanríon	mbanríon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“rígan, rígain” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“bainríoġan” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"banríon" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.