barrghéar

Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ géar (“sharp”).

Adjective

barrghéar (genitive singular masculine barrghéir, genitive singular feminine barrghéire, plural barrghéara, comparative barrghéire)

  1. sharp-pointed

Declension

Declension of barrghéar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative barrghéar bharrghéar barrghéara;
bharrghéara2
vocative bharrghéir barrghéara
genitive barrghéire barrghéara barrghéar
dative barrghéar;
bharrghéar1 		bharrghéar;
bharrghéir (archaic) 		barrghéara;
bharrghéara2
Comparative níos barrghéire
Superlative is barrghéire

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 barrghéar
radical lenition eclipsis
barrghéar bharrghéar mbarrghéar

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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