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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish bairgen, from Proto-Celtic *baragenā; cognate with Welsh bara (“bread”).[1]
Noun
bairín m (genitive singular bairín, nominative plural bairíní)
- loaf (of bread)
- Synonyms: builín, bollóg
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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bairín
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bhairín
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mbairín
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ 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
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bairín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bairín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bairín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024