From Old Irish báire.
báire m (genitive singular báire, nominative plural báirí)
- match, contest
- (hurling) match
- (sports) goal (score gained; target area)
- Synonyms: cúl, (target area) góraí
- shoal (of fish)
- Synonyms: rath, scoil
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- 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