bairéad

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Romance source akin to French béret and Italian berretto/berretta, from Latin birretum, from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

bairéad m (genitive singular bairéid, nominative plural bairéid)

  1. cap
    Synonym: caipín
  2. bonnet
    Synonyms: boinéad, caidhp

Declension

Declension of bairéad (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bairéad bairéid
vocative a bhairéid a bhairéada
genitive bairéid bairéad
dative bairéad bairéid
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bairéad na bairéid
genitive an bhairéid na mbairéad
dative leis an mbairéad
don bhairéad 		leis na bairéid

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bairéad
radical lenition eclipsis
bairéad bhairéad mbairéad

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “bairéad”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “birrét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 312, page 140
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 12, page 9

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