Bairéanach

Irish

Etymology

From Bairéin (“Bahrain”) +‎ -ach

Adjective

Bairéanach (genitive singular masculine Bairéanaigh, genitive singular feminine Bairéanaí, plural Bairéanacha, not comparable)

1. Bahraini

Declension

Declension of Bairéanach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Bairéanach	Bhairéanach	Bairéanacha; Bhairéanacha²
Vocative	Bhairéanaigh		Bairéanacha
Genitive		Bairéanaí	Bairéanacha	Bairéanach
Dative	Bairéanach; Bhairéanach¹	Bhairéanach; Bhairéanaigh (archaic)	Bairéanacha; Bhairéanacha²
Comparative	níos Bairéanaí
Superlative	is Bairéanaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• Ríocht Bhairéin (“the Kingdom of Bahrain”)

Noun

Bairéanach m (genitive singular Bairéanaigh, nominative plural Bairéanaigh)

1. Bahraini

Declension

Declension of Bairéanach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Bairéanach Bairéanaigh Vocative a Bhairéanaigh a Bhairéanacha Genitive Bairéanaigh Bairéanach Dative Bairéanach Bairéanaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Bairéanach na Bairéanaigh Genitive an Bhairéanaigh na mBairéanach Dative leis an mBairéanach don Bhairéanach leis na Bairéanaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Bairéanach	Bhairéanach	mBairéanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.