báire

See also: baire and bàire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish báire.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːɾʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠæːɾʲə/

Noun

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

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

• báireoir, cúl báire (“goalie”)
• buachaill báire (“playboy, trickster”)
• cailín báire (“tomboy”)
• poc báire (“stroke”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
báire	bháire	mbáire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 báire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• 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