bairbéal

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

bairbéal m (genitive singular bairbéil, nominative plural bairbéil)

1. (workman's) apron

Declension

Declension of bairbéal (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bairbéal bairbéil vocative a bhairbéil a bhairbéala genitive bairbéil bairbéal dative bairbéal bairbéil forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bairbéal na bairbéil genitive an bhairbéil na mbairbéal dative leis an mbairbéal don bhairbéal leis na bairbéil

Mutation

Mutated forms of bairbéal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bairbéal	bhairbéal	mbairbéal

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bairbéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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