barúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish baramail (opinion), from Latin parabola (comparison, illustration, likeness) (altered under the influence of samail),[1] from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, comparison; parable).

Pronunciation

Noun

barúil f (genitive singular barúla, nominative plural barúlacha)

  1. verbal noun of barúil
  2. opinion
    Synonym: tuairim

Declension

Declension of barúil (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative barúil barúlacha
vocative a bharúil a bharúlacha
genitive barúla barúlacha
dative barúil barúlacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bharúil na barúlacha
genitive na barúla na mbarúlacha
dative leis an mbarúil
don bharúil
leis na barúlacha

Derived terms

Verb

barúil (present analytic barúlann, future analytic barúlfaidh, verbal noun barúil, past participle barúilte)

  1. (intransitive) think, opine, suppose, be of the opinion (that)

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of barúil
radical lenition eclipsis
barúil bharúil mbarúil

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baramail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86

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