barrchaol
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom barr- (“-tipped”) + caol (“thin, slender”).
Adjective
editbarrchaol (genitive singular masculine barrchaoil, genitive singular feminine barrchaoile, plural barrchaola, comparative barrchaoile)
Declension
editDeclension of barrchaol
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | barrchaol | bharrchaol | barrchaola; bharrchaola² | |
Vocative | bharrchaoil | barrchaola | ||
Genitive | barrchaoile | barrchaola | barrchaol | |
Dative | barrchaol; bharrchaol¹ |
bharrchaol; bharrchaoil (archaic) |
barrchaola; bharrchaola² | |
Comparative | níos barrchaoile | |||
Superlative | is barrchaoile |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
barrchaol | bharrchaol | mbarrchaol |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “barrchaol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “barrchaol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm