Barbarach
See also: barbarach
Irish
Adjective
Barbarach (genitive singular masculine Barbaraigh, genitive singular feminine Barbaraí, plural Barbaracha, not comparable)
- 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
- "Barbarach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.