barrchas

Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ cas (“curly”).

Adjective

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

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
barrchas	bharrchas	mbarrchas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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