Irish

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Etymology

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From barr- (-tipped) +‎ cas (curly).

Adjective

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barrchas (genitive singular masculine barrchais, genitive singular feminine barrchaise, plural barrchasa, comparative barrchaise)

  1. ringleted
    Synonyms: bachallach, búclach, caschiabhach, caslúbach, drolach, failíoch, fáinneach, feamainneach

Declension

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Declension of barrchas
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative barrchas bharrchas barrchasa;
bharrchasa2
vocative bharrchais barrchasa
genitive barrchaise barrchasa barrchas
dative barrchas;
bharrchas1
bharrchas;
bharrchais (archaic)
barrchasa;
bharrchasa2
Comparative níos barrchaise
Superlative is barrchaise

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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Mutated forms of barrchas
radical lenition eclipsis
barrchas bharrchas mbarrchas

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

Further reading

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