barrthais

Irish

Etymology

From barr- +‎ tais (“damp, moist, humid; soft, smooth, tender”).

Adjective

barrthais (genitive singular masculine barrthais, genitive singular feminine barrthaise, plural barrthaise, comparative barrthaise)

1. (literary) soft-limbed
2. moist on surface, superficially damp

Declension

Declension of barrthais

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	barrthais	bharrthais	barrthaise; bharrthaise²
Vocative	bharrthais		barrthaise
Genitive		barrthaise	barrthaise	barrthais
Dative	barrthais; bharrthais¹	bharrthais	barrthaise; bharrthaise²
Comparative	níos barrthaise
Superlative	is barrthaise

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
barrthais	bharrthais	mbarrthais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “barrthais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “barrthais”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm