bairdéir

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English warder.

Noun

bairdéir m (genitive singular bairdéara, nominative plural bairdéirí)

1. warder

Declension

Declension of bairdéir (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bairdéir bairdéirí vocative a bhairdéir a bhairdéirí genitive bairdéara bairdéirí dative bairdéir bairdéirí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bairdéir na bairdéirí genitive an bhairdéara na mbairdéirí dative leis an mbairdéir don bhairdéir leis na bairdéirí

Synonyms

• oifigeach príosúin

Derived terms

• banbhairdéir (“wardress”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bairdéir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bairdéir	bhairdéir	mbairdéir

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) “bairdéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “warder”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025