báirse

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English barge.

Noun

báirse m (genitive singular báirse, nominative plural báirsí)

1. barge, wherry

Declension

Declension of báirse

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative báirse báirsí Vocative a bháirse a bháirsí Genitive báirse báirsí Dative báirse báirsí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an báirse na báirsí Genitive an bháirse na mbáirsí Dative leis an mbáirse don bháirse leis na báirsí

Derived terms

• báirse canála (“canal barge”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
báirse	bháirse	mbáirse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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