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: Case Singular Plural Nominative bairdéir bairdéirí Vocative a bhairdéir a bhairdéirí Genitive bairdéara bairdéirí Dative bairdéir bairdéirí

Forms with the definite article: Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bairdéir	bhairdéir	mbairdéir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bairdéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “warder”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024