Barbarach
See also: barbarach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]Barbarach (genitive singular masculine Barbaraigh, genitive singular feminine Barbaraí, plural Barbaracha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Barbarach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]- ápa Barbarach m (“Barbary ape”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Barbarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN