barrfhliuch

Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ fliuch (“wet”).

Adjective

barrfhliuch (genitive singular masculine barrfhliuch, genitive singular feminine barrfhliche, plural barrfhliucha, comparative barrfhliche)

1. wet on the surface

   Synonym: leathfhliuch

Declension

Declension of barrfhliuch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	barrfhliuch	bharrfhliuch	barrfhliucha; bharrfhliucha²
Vocative	bharrfhliuch		barrfhliucha
Genitive		barrfhliche	barrfhliucha	barrfhliuch
Dative	barrfhliuch; bharrfhliuch¹	bharrfhliuch	barrfhliucha; bharrfhliucha²
Comparative	níos barrfhliche
Superlative	is barrfhliche

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
barrfhliuch	bharrfhliuch	mbarrfhliuch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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