Béarlach

Irish

Etymology

From Béarla +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

Béarlach (genitive singular masculine Béarlaigh, genitive singular feminine Béarlaí, plural Béarlacha, not comparable)

1. (rare, obsolete) English-language, English-speaking

Usage notes

Not found in dictionaries of the modern language, and apparently rare even in the early modern period. Usually Béarla is used attributively in the genitive when an adjective meaning “pertaining to the English language” is needed.

Declension

Declension of Béarlach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Béarlach	Bhéarlach	Béarlacha; Bhéarlacha²
Vocative	Bhéarlaigh		Béarlacha
Genitive		Béarlaí	Béarlacha	Béarlach
Dative	Béarlach; Bhéarlach¹	Bhéarlach; Bhéarlaigh (archaic)	Béarlacha; Bhéarlacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Béarlach	Bhéarlach	mBéarlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Béarlach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bérlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language