báirse

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English barge.

Noun

báirse m (genitive singular báirse, nominative plural báirsí)

1. barge, wherry

Declension

Declension of báirse (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative báirse báirsí vocative a bháirse a bháirsí genitive báirse báirsí dative báirse báirsí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an báirse na báirsí genitive an bháirse na mbáirsí dative leis an mbáirse don bháirse leis na báirsí

Derived terms

• báirse canála (“canal barge”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of báirse

radical	lenition	eclipsis
báirse	bháirse	mbáirse

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báirse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “barge”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “wherry”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025