bairín

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish bairgen, from Proto-Celtic *baragenā; cognate with Welsh bara (“bread”).[1]

Noun

bairín m (genitive singular bairín, nominative plural bairíní)

  1. loaf (of bread)
    Synonyms: builín, bollóg

Declension

Declension of bairín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bairín bairíní
vocative a bhairín a bhairíní
genitive bairín bairíní
dative bairín bairíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bairín na bairíní
genitive an bhairín na mbairíní
dative leis an mbairín
don bhairín 		leis na bairíní

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bairín
radical lenition eclipsis
bairín bhairín mbairín

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*barag(en)o/ā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 56

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