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báire

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See also: baire and bàire

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish báire.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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báire m (genitive singular báire, nominative plural báirí)

  1. match, contest
  2. (hurling) match
  3. (sports) goal (score gained; target area)
    Synonyms: cúl, (target area) góraí
  4. shoal (of fish)
    Synonyms: rath, scoil

Declension

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Declension of báire (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative báire báirí
vocative a bháire a bháirí
genitive báire báirí
dative báire báirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an báire na báirí
genitive an bháire na mbáirí
dative leis an mbáire
don bháire 		leis na báirí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of báire
radical lenition eclipsis
báire bháire mbáire

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

References

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Further reading

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  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “goal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “school”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “shoal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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