bambairne

Irish

Alternative forms

• bambainne, gambairne

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑumˠbˠəɾˠnʲə/

Noun

bambairne m (genitive singular bambairne)

1. someone in a mess, in an awkward position

   Tá mé i mo bhambairne.

   I’m in a pickle.

   Rinne sí bambairne díom.

   She made a fool of me.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bambairne	bhambairne	mbambairne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bambairne”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bambainne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 52
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bambairne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN