baintreach

Irish

Alternative forms

baintreabhach (superseded)
baintreách

Etymology

From Middle Irish baintrebthach f, originally “landlady”, from ban- (combining form of ben (“woman”)) + trebthach (“housholder”), from treb (“farm, holding”), from Proto-Celtic *trebā (“settlement”) (compare Welsh tref (“town”)), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“settlement”) (compare Old English þorp (“village”), Lithuanian troba (“house”)). Replaced now archaic feadhbh, from Old Irish fedb.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbˠanʲtʲɾʲəx/

Noun

baintreach f (genitive singular baintrí, nominative plural baintreacha)

widow

Declension

Declension of baintreach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	baintreach	baintreacha
Vocative	a bhaintreach	a bhaintreacha
Genitive	baintrí	baintreach
Dative	baintreach	baintreacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhaintreach	na baintreacha
Genitive	na baintrí	na mbaintreach
Dative	leis an mbaintreach don bhaintreach	leis na baintreacha

Synonyms

baintreach mná

Coordinate terms

(gender): baintreach fir

Derived terms

baintreachas m (“widowhood”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
baintreach	bhaintreach	mbaintreach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“baintrebthach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“baintreaḃaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"baintreach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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