barrthais
Irish
Etymology
From barr- + tais (“damp, moist, humid; soft, smooth, tender”).
Adjective
barrthais (genitive singular masculine barrthais, genitive singular feminine barrthaise, plural barrthaise, comparative barrthaise)
- (literary) soft-limbed
- moist on surface, superficially damp
Declension
Declension of barrthais
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | barrthais | bharrthais | barrthaise; bharrthaise² | |
| Vocative | bharrthais | barrthaise | ||
| Genitive | barrthaise | barrthaise | barrthais | |
| Dative | barrthais; bharrthais¹ | bharrthais | barrthaise; bharrthaise² | |
| Comparative | níos barrthaise | |||
| Superlative | is barrthaise | |||
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 |
| barrthais | bharrthais | mbarrthais |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “barrthais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “barrthais” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.