barrbhuí

Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-topped”) +‎ buí (“yellow”).

Adjective

barrbhuí

1. yellow-topped; blond

Declension

Declension of barrbhuí

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	barrbhuí	bharrbhuí	barrbhuí; bharrbhuí2
vocative	bharrbhuí		barrbhuí
genitive		barrbhuí	barrbhuí	barrbhuí
dative	barrbhuí; bharrbhuí1	bharrbhuí	barrbhuí; bharrbhuí2
Comparative	níos barrbhuí
Superlative	is barrbhuí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of barrbhuí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
barrbhuí	bharrbhuí	mbarrbhuí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “barrbhuí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN