Bulgáir

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An Bhulgáir f (genitive na Bulgáire)

1. Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe; official name: Poblacht na Bulgáire)

Declension

Declension of Bulgáir (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Bulgáir vocative a Bhulgáir genitive Bulgáire dative Bulgáir forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Bhulgáir genitive na Bulgáire dative leis an mBulgáir don Bhulgáir

Derived terms

• Bulgáiris f (“the Bulgarian language”)
• Bulgárach (“Bulgarian”, adjective)
• Bulgárach m (“a Bulgarian person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bulgáir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Bulgáir	Bhulgáir	mBulgáir

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

Further reading

• “Bulgaria”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Bulgáir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm