From Bairéin (“Bahrain”) + -ach
Bairéanach (genitive singular masculine Bairéanaigh, genitive singular feminine Bairéanaí, plural Bairéanacha, not comparable)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | Bairéanach | Bhairéanach | Bairéanacha; Bhairéanacha2 | |
vocative | Bhairéanaigh | Bairéanacha | ||
genitive | Bairéanaí | Bairéanacha | Bairéanach | |
dative | Bairéanach; Bhairéanach1 |
Bhairéanach; Bhairéanaigh (archaic) |
Bairéanacha; Bhairéanacha2 | |
Comparative | níos Bairéanaí | |||
Superlative | is Bairéanaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Bairéanach m (genitive singular Bairéanaigh, nominative plural Bairéanaigh)
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radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Bairéanach | Bhairéanach | mBairéanach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.