bairín
Irish
Alternative forms
- bairghean (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish bairgen, from Proto-Celtic *baragenā; cognate with Welsh bara (“bread”).[1]
Declension
Declension of bairín
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bairín | bhairín | mbairín |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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
- Entries containing “bairín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bairín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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