báire

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See also: baire, and bàire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish báire.

Pronunciation

Noun

báire m (genitive singular báire, nominative plural báirí)

  1. match, contest
  2. (hurling) match
  3. (sports) goal (score gained; target area)
    Synonyms: cúl, (target area) góraí
  4. shoal (of fish)
    Synonyms: rath, scoil

Declension

Declension of báire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative báire báirí
Vocative a bháire a bháirí
Genitive báire báirí
Dative báire báirí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an báire na báirí
Genitive an bháire na mbáirí
Dative leis an mbáire

don bháire

leis na báirí

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báire bháire mbáire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “goal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “school”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “shoal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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