Barbarach

See also: barbarach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

Barbarach (genitive singular masculine Barbaraigh, genitive singular feminine Barbaraí, plural Barbaracha, not comparable)

  1. Barbary

Declension

Declension of Barbarach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Barbarach Bharbarach Barbaracha;
Bharbaracha2
vocative Bharbaraigh Barbaracha
genitive Barbaraí Barbaracha Barbarach
dative Barbarach;
Bharbarach1
Bharbarach;
Bharbaraigh (archaic)
Barbaracha;
Bharbaracha2
Comparative níos Barbaraí
Superlative is Barbaraí

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Barbarach
radical lenition eclipsis
Barbarach Bharbarach mBarbarach

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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