barbarach
See also: Barbarach
Irish
Adjective
barbarach (genitive singular masculine barbaraigh, genitive singular feminine barbaraí, plural barbaracha, not comparable)
- barbaric, barbarian
Declension
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.
Noun
barbarach m (genitive singular barbaraigh, nominative plural barbaraigh)
- barbarian
Declension
Declension of barbarach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “barbarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “barbarach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “barbarach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.