Baváir

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin Bavaria.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠəˈvˠɑːɾʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠawɑːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠawaɾʲ/

Proper noun

An Bhaváir f (genitive na Baváire)

1. Bavaria (a historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria)

Derived terms

• Bavárach (“Bavarian”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Baváir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Baváir	Bhaváir	mBaváir

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

Further reading

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