From barr- + tais (“damp, moist, humid; soft, smooth, tender”).
barrthais (genitive singular masculine barrthais, genitive singular feminine barrthaise, plural barrthaise, comparative barrthaise)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | barrthais | bharrthais | barrthaise; bharrthaise2 | |
vocative | bharrthais | barrthaise | ||
genitive | barrthaise | barrthaise | barrthais | |
dative | barrthais; bharrthais1 |
bharrthais | barrthaise; bharrthaise2 | |
Comparative | níos barrthaise | |||
Superlative | is barrthaise |
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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barrthais | bharrthais | mbarrthais |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.