barrfhionn
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From barr- (“-tipped”) + fionn (“fair; white”).
Adjective
[edit]barrfhionn (genitive singular masculine barrfhinn, genitive singular feminine barrfhinne, plural barrfhionna, comparative barrfhinne)
Declension
[edit]Declension of barrfhionn
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | barrfhionn | bharrfhionn | barrfhionna; bharrfhionna² | |
Vocative | bharrfhinn | barrfhionna | ||
Genitive | barrfhinne | barrfhionna | barrfhionn | |
Dative | barrfhionn; bharrfhionn¹ |
bharrfhionn; bharrfhinn (archaic) |
barrfhionna; bharrfhionna² | |
Comparative | níos barrfhinne | |||
Superlative | is barrfhinne |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
barrfhionn | bharrfhionn | mbarrfhionn |
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) “barrfhionn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN