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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Bulgáir	Bhulgáir	mBulgáir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Bulgaria”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “Bulgáir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.