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Barbarach (genitive singular masculine Barbaraigh, genitive singular feminine Barbaraí, plural Barbaracha, not comparable)
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.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Barbarach | Bharbarach | mBarbarach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.