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bean_chéile

bean chéile

See also: bean-chèile and bean chèile

Irish

Alternative forms

banchéile

Noun

bean chéile f ‎(genitive singular mná céile, nominative plural mná céile)

wife

Declension

Declension of bean chéile

Irregular

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bean chéile	mná céile
Vocative	a bhean chéile	a mhná céile
Genitive	mná céile	ban céile
Dative	bean chéile mnaoi chéile (archaic or dialectal)	mná céile mnáibh céile (archaic)

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhean chéile	na mná céile
Genitive	na mná céile	na mban céile
Dative	leis an mbean chéile; don bhean chéile leis an mnaoi chéile; don mhnaoi chéile (archaic or dialectal)	leis na mná céile leis na mnáibh céile (archaic)

Synonyms

bean

Coordinate terms

fear céile

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bean chéile	bhean chéile	mbean chéile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.