bairdéir

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English warder.

Noun

bairdéir m (genitive singular bairdéara, nominative plural bairdéirí)

  1. warder

Declension

Declension of bairdéir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bairdéir bairdéirí
vocative a bhairdéir a bhairdéirí
genitive bairdéara bairdéirí
dative bairdéir bairdéirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bairdéir na bairdéirí
genitive an bhairdéara na mbairdéirí
dative leis an mbairdéir
don bhairdéir
leis na bairdéirí

Synonyms

  • oifigeach príosúin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bairdéir
radical lenition eclipsis
bairdéir bhairdéir mbairdéir

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bairdéir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • warder”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025