Barbarach

See also: barbarach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

Barbarach (genitive singular masculine Barbaraigh, genitive singular feminine Barbaraí, plural Barbaracha, not comparable)

1. Barbary

Declension

Declension of Barbarach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Barbarach	Bharbarach	Barbaracha; Bharbaracha²
Vocative	Bharbaraigh		Barbaracha
Genitive		Barbaraí	Barbaracha	Barbarach
Dative	Barbarach; Bharbarach¹	Bharbarach; Bharbaraigh (archaic)	Barbaracha; Bharbaracha²
Comparative	níos Barbaraí
Superlative	is Barbaraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• ápa Barbarach m (“Barbary ape”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Barbarach	Bharbarach	mBarbarach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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