báirse

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English barge.

Noun

báirse m (genitive singular báirse, nominative plural báirsí)

  1. barge, wherry

Declension
Declension of báirse

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative báirse báirsí
Vocative a bháirse a bháirsí
Genitive báirse báirsí
Dative báirse báirsí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an báirse na báirsí
Genitive an bháirse na mbáirsí
Dative leis an mbáirse

don bháirse

 leis na báirsí

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báirse bháirse mbáirse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "báirse" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “barge” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “wherry” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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