báirse

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English barge.

Noun

báirse m (genitive singular báirse, nominative plural báirsí)

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

báirse canála (“canal barge”)

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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