barrghlas

Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ glas (“green”).

Adjective

barrghlas (genitive singular masculine barrghlais, genitive singular feminine barrghlaise, plural barrghlasa, comparative barrghlaise)

1. green-topped

Declension

Declension of barrghlas

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	barrghlas	bharrghlas	barrghlasa; bharrghlasa²
Vocative	bharrghlais		barrghlasa
Genitive		barrghlase	barrghlasa	barrghlas
Dative	barrghlas; bharrghlas¹	bharrghlas; bharrghlais (archaic)	barrghlasa; bharrghlasa²
Comparative	níos barrghlase
Superlative	is barrghlase

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
barrghlas	bharrghlas	mbarrghlas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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