Bairéanach

Irish

Etymology

From Bairéin (“Bahrain”) +‎ -ach

Adjective

Bairéanach (genitive singular masculine Bairéanaigh, genitive singular feminine Bairéanaí, plural Bairéanacha, not comparable)

1. Bahraini

Declension

Declension of Bairéanach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Bairéanach	Bhairéanach	Bairéanacha; Bhairéanacha2
vocative	Bhairéanaigh		Bairéanacha
genitive		Bairéanaí	Bairéanacha	Bairéanach
dative	Bairéanach; Bhairéanach1	Bhairéanach; Bhairéanaigh (archaic)	Bairéanacha; Bhairéanacha2
Comparative	níos Bairéanaí
Superlative	is Bairéanaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• Ríocht Bhairéin (“the Kingdom of Bahrain”)

Noun

Bairéanach m (genitive singular Bairéanaigh, nominative plural Bairéanaigh)

1. Bahraini

Declension

Declension of Bairéanach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Bairéanach Bairéanaigh vocative a Bhairéanaigh a Bhairéanacha genitive Bairéanaigh Bairéanach dative Bairéanach Bairéanaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Bairéanach na Bairéanaigh genitive an Bhairéanaigh na mBairéanach dative leis an mBairéanach don Bhairéanach leis na Bairéanaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bairéanach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Bairéanach	Bhairéanach	mBairéanach

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