Barbair

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Manx yn Varbeyr.

Proper noun

An Bharbair f (genitive na Barbaire)

  1. (historical) Barbary (the Mediterranean coastal region of North Africa)

Declension

Declension of Barbair (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Barbair
vocative a Bharbair
genitive Barbaire
dative Barbair
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Bharbair
genitive na Barbaire
dative leis an mBarbair
don Bharbair

Mutation

Mutated forms of Barbair
radical lenition eclipsis
Barbair Bharbair mBarbair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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