barrchas
Irish
Etymology
From barr- (“-tipped”) + cas (“curly”).
Adjective
barrchas (genitive singular masculine barrchais, genitive singular feminine barrchaise, plural barrchasa, comparative barrchaise)
- ringleted
- Synonyms: bachallach, búclach, caschiabhach, caslúbach, drolach, failíoch, fáinneach, feamainneach
Declension
Declension of barrchas
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | barrchas | bharrchas | barrchasa; bharrchasa² | |
| Vocative | bharrchais | barrchasa | ||
| Genitive | barrchaise | barrchasa | barrchas | |
| Dative | barrchas; bharrchas¹ | bharrchas; bharrchais (archaic) | barrchasa; bharrchasa² | |
| Comparative | níos barrchaise | |||
| Superlative | is barrchaise | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| barrchas | bharrchas | mbarrchas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "barrchas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.