bairéad

Irish

Alternative forms

• bearád, birréad
• báiréad, baireud, barréad, bearad, bearrad, bearrád, birréd, birreud (obsolete)

Etymology

From a Romance source akin to French béret and Italian berretto/berretta, from Latin birretum, from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠaˈɾʲeːd̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaɾʲeːd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲaɾˠad̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form bearád)

Noun

bairéad m (genitive singular bairéid, nominative plural bairéid)

1. cap

   Synonym: caipín

2. bonnet

   Synonyms: boinéad, caidhp

Declension

Declension of bairéad

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bairéad bairéid Vocative a bhairéid a bhairéada Genitive bairéid bairéad Dative bairéad bairéid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bairéad na bairéid Genitive an bhairéid na mbairéad Dative leis an mbairéad don bhairéad leis na bairéid

Derived terms

• bairéad cúil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bairéad	bhairéad	mbairéad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bairéad”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “birrét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bairéad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 49
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bairéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN