Barbair
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Manx yn Varbeyr.
Proper noun edit
An Bharbair f (genitive na Barbaire)
- (historical) Barbary (the Mediterranean coastal region of North Africa)
Declension edit
Declension of Barbair
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Barbair | Bharbair | mBarbair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “Barbair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.