barrghéar

Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ géar (“sharp”).

Adjective

barrghéar (genitive singular masculine barrghéir, genitive singular feminine barrghéire, plural barrghéara, comparative barrghéire)

1. sharp-pointed

Declension

Declension of barrghéar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	barrghéar	bharrghéar	barrghéara; bharrghéara²
Vocative	bharrghéir		barrghéara
Genitive		barrghéire	barrghéara	barrghéar
Dative	barrghéar; bharrghéar¹	bharrghéar; bharrghéir (archaic)	barrghéara; bharrghéara²
Comparative	níos barrghéire
Superlative	is barrghéire

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
barrghéar	bharrghéar	mbarrghéar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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