From barr- (“-tipped”) + cas (“curly”).
barrchas (genitive singular masculine barrchais, genitive singular feminine barrchaise, plural barrchasa, comparative barrchaise)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | barrchas | bharrchas | barrchasa; bharrchasa2 | |
vocative | bharrchais | barrchasa | ||
genitive | barrchaise | barrchasa | barrchas | |
dative | barrchas; bharrchas1 |
bharrchas; bharrchais (archaic) |
barrchasa; bharrchasa2 | |
Comparative | níos barrchaise | |||
Superlative | is barrchaise |
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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barrchas | bharrchas | mbarrchas |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.