barrghéar
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From barr- (“-tipped”) + géar (“sharp”).
Adjective
[edit]barrghéar (genitive singular masculine barrghéir, genitive singular feminine barrghéire, plural barrghéara, comparative barrghéire)
Declension
[edit]Declension of barrghéar
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | barrghéar | bharrghéar | barrghéara; bharrghéara² | |
Vocative | bharrghéir | barrghéara | ||
Genitive | barrghéire | barrghéara | barrghéar | |
Dative | barrghéar; bharrghéar¹ |
bharrghéar; bharrghéir (archaic) |
barrghéara; bharrghéara² | |
Comparative | níos barrghéire | |||
Superlative | is barrghéire |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
barrghéar | bharrghéar | mbarrghéar |
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) “barrghéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN