Béarlach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Béarla +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Béarlach (genitive singular masculine Béarlaigh, genitive singular feminine Béarlaí, plural Béarlacha, not comparable)

  1. (rare, obsolete) English-language, English-speaking

Usage notes

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Not found in dictionaries of the modern language, and apparently rare even in the early modern period. Usually Béarla is used attributively in the genitive when an adjective meaning pertaining to the English language is needed.

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Béarlach Bhéarlach mBéarlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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