bairín breac

Irish

Etymology

bairín (“loaf”) + breac (“spotted, speckled”)

Noun

bairín breac m (genitive singular bairín bhric, nominative plural bairíní breaca)

1. barmbrack

Declension

Declension of bairín breac

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bairín breac bairíní breaca Vocative a bhairín bhric a bhairíní breaca Genitive bairín bhric bairíní breaca Dative bairín breac bairíní breaca

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bairín breac na bairíní breaca Genitive an bhairín bhric na mbairíní breaca Dative leis an mbairín breac don bhairín bhreac leis na bairíní breaca

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bairín breac	bhairín breac	mbairín breac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bairín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN