béarlagair

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English vernacular, altered by folk etymology to resemble béarla (“language, speech”) (compare Béarla (“English language”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

béarlagair m (genitive singular béarlagair)

  1. jargon
  2. slang

Declension

Declension of béarlagair (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative béarlagair
vocative a bhéarlagair
genitive béarlagair
dative béarlagair
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an béarlagair
genitive an bhéarlagair
dative leis an mbéarlagair
don bhéarlagair

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of béarlagair
radical lenition eclipsis
béarlagair bhéarlagair mbéarlagair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21

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