barraíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bárraidheachd, barraidheacht, bárraidheacht, barraigheacht, barruigheachd, bárruigheacht (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From barr (“tip, point”) +‎ -íocht.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠaɾˠiaxt̪ˠ/, /ˈbˠɔɾˠiaxt̪ˠ/[2]

Noun

barraíocht f (genitive singular barraíochta)

  1. excess, overkill, too much

Declension

Declension of barraíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative barraíocht
vocative a bharraíocht
genitive barraíochta
dative barraíocht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bharraíocht
genitive na barraíochta
dative leis an mbarraíocht
don bharraíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of barraíocht
radical lenition eclipsis
barraíocht bharraíocht mbarraíocht

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

References

  1. ^ “barraíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 25, page 14

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