Barbair

Irish

Alternative forms

• An Bharbaire

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Manx yn Varbeyr.

Proper noun

An Bharbair f (genitive na Barbaire)

1. (historical) Barbary (the Mediterranean coastal region of North Africa)

Declension

Declension of Barbair (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Barbair vocative a Bharbair genitive Barbaire dative Barbair forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Bharbair genitive na Barbaire dative leis an mBarbair don Bharbair

Mutation

Mutated forms of Barbair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Barbair	Bharbair	mBarbair

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Barbair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm