Wiktionary

barúlach

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From barúil +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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barúlach (genitive singular masculine barúlaigh, genitive singular feminine barúlaí, plural barúlacha, comparative barúlaí)

  1. opinionated, of the opinion
  2. conjectural, dubious, questionable
  3. likely, promising
  4. notional

Inflection

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Declension of barúlach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative barúlach bharúlach barúlacha;
bharúlacha²
Vocative bharúlaigh barúlacha
Genitive barúlaí barúlacha barúlach
Dative barúlach;
bharúlach¹ 		bharúlach;
bharúlaigh (archaic) 		barúlacha;
bharúlacha²
Comparative níos barúlaí
Superlative is barúlaí

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

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
barúlach bharúlach mbarúlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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