barrchrochta
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From barr- (“-tipped”) + crochta (“hanging”).
Adjective[edit]
barrchrochta
- tip-tilted
- Synonym: ceannchrochta
Declension[edit]
Declension of barrchrochta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | barrchrochta | bharrchrochta | barrchrochta; bharrchrochta² | |
| Vocative | bharrchrochta | barrchrochta | ||
| Genitive | barrchrochta | barrchrochta | barrchrochta | |
| Dative | barrchrochta; bharrchrochta¹ |
bharrchrochta | barrchrochta; bharrchrochta² | |
| Comparative | níos barrchrochta | |||
| Superlative | is barrchrochta | |||
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 |
| barrchrochta | bharrchrochta | mbarrchrochta |
| 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) “barrchrochta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “barrchrochta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.