Béarlach

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Irish

Etymology

From Béarla +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Béarlach (genitive singular masculine Béarlaigh, genitive singular feminine Béarlaí, plural Béarlacha, not comparable)

  1. (rare, obsolete) English-language, English-speaking

Usage notes

Not found in dictionaries of the modern language, and apparently rare even in the early modern period. Usually Béarla is used attributively in the genitive when an adjective meaning “pertaining to the English language” is needed.

Declension

Declension of Béarlach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Béarlach Bhéarlach Béarlacha;
Bhéarlacha²
Vocative Bhéarlaigh Béarlacha
Genitive Béarlaí Béarlacha Béarlach
Dative Béarlach;
Bhéarlach¹ 		Bhéarlach;
Bhéarlaigh (archaic) 		Béarlacha;
Bhéarlacha²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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
Béarlach Bhéarlach mBéarlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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