barrleathan
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From barr- (“-tipped”) + leathan (“broad, wide”).
Adjective edit
barrleathan (genitive singular masculine barrleathan, genitive singular feminine barrleithne, plural barrleathana, comparative barrleithne)
Declension edit
Declension of barrleathan
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | barrleathan | bharrleathan | barrleathana; bharrleathana² | |
| Vocative | bharrleathan | barrleathana | ||
| Genitive | barrleithne | barrleathana | barrleathan | |
| Dative | barrleathan; bharrleathan¹ |
bharrleathan | barrleathana; bharrleathana² | |
| Comparative | níos barrleithne | |||
| Superlative | is barrleithne | |||
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 |
| barrleathan | bharrleathan | mbarrleathan |
| 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) “barrleathan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “barrleathan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.