béarlagair

Irish

Alternative forms

  • béarlagar
  • beurlagair (obsolete)

Etymology

From English vernacular, altered by folk etymology to resemble béarla (“language, speech”) (compare Béarla (“English language”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲiːa̯ɾˠl̪ˠəɡəɾˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form béarlagar)

Noun

béarlagair m (genitive singular béarlagair)

  1. jargon
  2. slang

Declension

Declension of béarlagair (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative béarlagair
vocative a bhéarlagair
genitive béarlagair
dative béarlagair
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an béarlagair
genitive an bhéarlagair
dative leis an mbéarlagair
don bhéarlagair

Derived terms

  • béarlagair na saor (“masons' slang”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of béarlagair
radical lenition eclipsis
béarlagair bhéarlagair mbéarlagair

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21

Further reading

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