barrchas

Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ cas (“curly”).

Adjective

barrchas (genitive singular masculine barrchais, genitive singular feminine barrchaise, plural barrchasa, comparative barrchaise)

  1. ringleted
    Synonyms: bachallach, búclach, caschiabhach, caslúbach, drolach, failíoch, fáinneach, feamainneach

Declension

Declension of barrchas
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative barrchas bharrchas barrchasa;
bharrchasa2
vocative bharrchais barrchasa
genitive barrchaise barrchasa barrchas
dative barrchas;
bharrchas1 		bharrchas;
bharrchais (archaic) 		barrchasa;
bharrchasa2
Comparative níos barrchaise
Superlative is barrchaise

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 barrchas
radical lenition eclipsis
barrchas bharrchas mbarrchas

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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