barrleathan

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Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ leathan (“broad, wide”).

Adjective

barrleathan (genitive singular masculine barrleathan, genitive singular feminine barrleithne, plural barrleathana, comparative barrleithne)

  1. wide at top
  2. square-toed (of shoes)

Declension

Declension of barrleathan
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative barrleathan bharrleathan barrleathana;
bharrleathana2
vocative bharrleathan barrleathana
genitive barrleithne barrleathana barrleathan
dative barrleathan;
bharrleathan1 		bharrleathan barrleathana;
bharrleathana2
Comparative níos barrleithne
Superlative is barrleithne

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 barrleathan
radical lenition eclipsis
barrleathan bharrleathan mbarrleathan

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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