barrchaol

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Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ caol (“thin, slender”).

Adjective

barrchaol (genitive singular masculine barrchaoil, genitive singular feminine barrchaoile, plural barrchaola, comparative barrchaoile)

  1. tapering

Declension

Declension of barrchaol
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative barrchaol bharrchaol barrchaola;
bharrchaola2
vocative bharrchaoil barrchaola
genitive barrchaoile barrchaola barrchaol
dative barrchaol;
bharrchaol1 		bharrchaol;
bharrchaoil (archaic) 		barrchaola;
bharrchaola2
Comparative níos barrchaoile
Superlative is barrchaoile

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of barrchaol
radical lenition eclipsis
barrchaol bharrchaol mbarrchaol

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

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