bastart

Irish

Noun

bastart m (genitive singular bastairt, nominative plural bastairt)

1. Alternative form of bastard

Declension

Declension of bastart

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bastart bastairt Vocative a bhastairt a bhastarta Genitive bastairt bastart Dative bastart bastairt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bastart na bastairt Genitive an bhastairt na mbastart Dative leis an mbastart don bhastart leis na bastairt

Derived terms

• bastairtíocht f (“bastardy; blackguardism”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bastart	bhastart	mbastart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Middle English

Noun

bastart

1. Alternative form of bastard

Old French

Noun

bastart oblique singular, m (oblique plural bastarz or bastartz, nominative singular bastarz or bastartz, nominative plural bastart)

1. Alternative form of bastard
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Bastart esteit, n'i aveit dreit.

     He was a bastard, he didn't have the right.