barrachd

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

barrachd f (genitive singular barrachd, plural barrachdan)

1. surplus
2. (dated) superiority

Adverb

barrachd

1. more

Usage notes

• Followed by a noun in the genitive case or the preposition de and a noun in the dative case:

  barrachd eòlais - more knowledge

  barrachd de bhàrr - more crops

• Prepositional pronouns derived from de and aig are use instead of personal pronouns:

  barrachd dhiubh/barrachd aca - more of them

• Used in the sense "more than before", "more than somebody/something else", "more than necessary" etc:

  Fhuair mi barrachd airgid am bliadhna. - I got more money this year. (= than last year, than usual etc)

  Tha barrachd ùine a dhìth orm. - I need more time. (= than was allotted me)

  Chan eil sinn ag iarraidh barrachd air sin. - We don't want more than that.

• In the sense "additional", tuilleadh is used instead:

  Gheibh mi tuilleadh airgid am bliadhna. - I'll get more money this year. (= in addition to what I already have)

Derived terms

• a bharrachd
• a bharrachd air - besides (preposition)
• a bharrachd air sin - besides (adverb)
• barrachd air - more than