béarlamhail
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From béarla (“language, speech”) + -amhail.
Adjective edit
béarlamhail (genitive singular feminine béarlamhla, plural béarlamhla, comparative béarlamhla)
Declension edit
Declension of béarlamhail
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | béarlamhail | bhéarlamhail | béarlamhla; bhéarlamhla² | |
Vocative | bhéarlamhail | béarlamhlaamhla | ||
Genitive | béarlamhla | béarlamhla | béarlamhail | |
Dative | béarlamhail; bhéarlamhail¹ |
bhéarlamhail | béarlamhla; bhéarlamhla² | |
Comparative | níos béarlamhla | |||
Superlative | is béarlamhla |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
béarlamhail | bhéarlamhail | mbéarlamhail |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bérlamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language