barraíocht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

barraíocht f (genitive singular barraíochta)

  1. excess, more than enough, too much
  2. (as verbal noun, ag ~)
    1. to best (someone)
    2. to judge (the weather)

Declension

Declension of barraíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative barraíocht
vocative a bharraíocht
genitive barraíochta
dative barraíocht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an bharraíocht
genitive na barraíochta
dative leis an mbarraíocht
don bharraíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of barraíocht
radical lenition eclipsis
barraíocht bharraíocht mbarraíocht

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

References

  1. ^ “barraíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 14

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