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banbh

banbh

Irish

Alternative forms

banbhán m

Noun

banbh m ‎(genitive singular bainbh, nominative plural bainbh)

piglet, bonham
(card games) ace of hearts

Declension

Declension of banbh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	banbh	bainbh
Vocative	a bhainbh	a bhanbha
Genitive	bainbh	banbh
Dative	banbh	bainbh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an banbh	na bainbh
Genitive	an bhainbh	na mbanbh
Dative	leis an mbanbh don bhanbh	leis na bainbh

Alternative plural: banbhaí

Synonyms

(piglet): arc, arcán

Derived terms

banbh balláin ‎(“sucking-pig”)

Descendants

English: bonham

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banbh	bhanbh	mbanbh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"banbh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“banb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.