barrghlas
Irish
Etymology
From barr- (“-tipped”) + glas (“green”).
Adjective
barrghlas (genitive singular masculine barrghlais, genitive singular feminine barrghlaise, plural barrghlasa, comparative barrghlaise)
- green-topped
Declension
Declension of barrghlas
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | barrghlas | bharrghlas | barrghlasa; bharrghlasa² | |
| Vocative | bharrghlais | barrghlasa | ||
| Genitive | barrghlase | barrghlasa | barrghlas | |
| Dative | barrghlas; bharrghlas¹ | bharrghlas; bharrghlais (archaic) | barrghlasa; bharrghlasa² | |
| Comparative | níos barrghlase | |||
| Superlative | is barrghlase | |||
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 |
| barrghlas | bharrghlas | mbarrghlas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "barrghlas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.