barrchaol
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From barr- (“-tipped”) + caol (“thin, slender”).
Adjective edit
barrchaol (genitive singular masculine barrchaoil, genitive singular feminine barrchaoile, plural barrchaola, comparative barrchaoile)
Declension edit
Declension of barrchaol
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | barrchaol | bharrchaol | barrchaola; bharrchaola² | |
| Vocative | bharrchaoil | barrchaola | ||
| Genitive | barrchaoile | barrchaola | barrchaol | |
| Dative | barrchaol; bharrchaol¹ |
bharrchaol; bharrchaoil (archaic) |
barrchaola; bharrchaola² | |
| Comparative | níos barrchaoile | |||
| Superlative | is barrchaoile | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| barrchaol | bharrchaol | mbarrchaol |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “barrchaol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “barrchaol” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.