Barbair
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Manx yn Varbeyr.
Proper noun
editAn Bharbair f (genitive na Barbaire)
- (historical) Barbary (the Mediterranean coastal region of North Africa)
Declension
editDeclension of Barbair
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
editIrish 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- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Barbair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm