béarlamhail
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From béarla (“language, speech”) + -amhail.
Adjective
[edit]béarlamhail (genitive singular feminine béarlamhla, plural béarlamhla, comparative béarlamhla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of béarlamhail
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | béarlamhail | bhéarlamhail | béarlamhla; bhéarlamhla² | |
| Vocative | bhéarlamhail | béarlamhlaamhla | ||
| Genitive | béarlamhla | béarlamhla | béarlamhail | |
| Dative | béarlamhail; bhéarlamhail¹ |
bhéarlamhail | béarlamhla; bhéarlamhla² | |
| Comparative | níos béarlamhla | |||
| Superlative | is béarlamhla | |||
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 |
| béarlamhail | bhéarlamhail | mbéarlamhail |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bérlamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language