Barbair

Irish

Alternative forms

• An Bharbaire

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Manx yn Varbeyr.

Proper noun

An Bharbair f (genitive na Barbaire)

1. (historical) Barbary (the Mediterranean coastal region of North Africa)

Declension

Declension of Barbair

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Barbair Vocative a Bharbair Genitive Barbaire Dative Barbair

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Bharbair Genitive na Barbaire Dative leis an mBarbair don Bharbair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Barbair	Bharbair	mBarbair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Barbair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm