barrghéar
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From barr- (“-tipped”) + géar (“sharp”).
Adjective
[edit]barrghéar (genitive singular masculine barrghéir, genitive singular feminine barrghéire, plural barrghéara, comparative barrghéire)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “barrghéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN