ponaire (with a fada on the 'o')
The Irish word "Bean", meaning woman, is pronounced "ban".
bean pronounced "ban"
== A woman in Irish is bean \bæn\. Cailín means a girl.
In English: Lassie In Scottish Gaelic: bean.
The Scottish Gaelic for 'wife' is bean, pronounced 'ben'.
Irish Gaelic: mistress = n bean luí fmistress = máistreás f3taken from http://www.englishirishdictionary.com/dictionary also Bean tí, rúnsearc, leannán Scots Gaelic: bana-mhaighstir (lover) coimhleapach, boireannach eile
woman
In Irish and Scottish Gaelic, bean liath.
Unfortunately, there is no word for "babe." Babe is considered to be slang. An alternative to this is beautiful woman which is: álainn bean. (bean should be replaced with Gael if it is an Irish Gaelic woman you are referring to. === === The Irish Dictionary "Gearrfhoclóir Gaeilge-Béarla" gives "Báb" as (1.) baby and (2.) a Maiden (poetic).
Bean óg = Irish, òg-bhean = Scots Gaelic
bean chéile
bean "ban"