bairín
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish bairgen, from Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (“cake, bread”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰars- (“spike, prickle”), see also Old Norse barr (“corn, grain, barley”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno.[1]
Noun
bairín m (genitive singular bairín, nominative plural bairíní)
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
- Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 17
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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