Barbaire

Irish

Proper noun

An Bharbaire f (genitive na Barbaire)

1. Alternative form of an Bharbair (“Barbary”)

Declension

Declension of Barbaire (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Barbaire vocative a Bharbaire genitive Barbaire dative Barbaire forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Bharbaire genitive na Barbaire dative leis an mBarbaire don Bharbaire

Proper noun

Na Barbaire f sg

1. genitive of an Bharbair (“Barbary”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Barbaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Barbaire	Bharbaire	mBarbaire

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) “Bharbaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm