barrthais

Irish

Etymology

From barr- +‎ tais (“damp, moist, humid; soft, smooth, tender”).

Adjective

barrthais (genitive singular masculine barrthais, genitive singular feminine barrthaise, plural barrthaise, comparative barrthaise)

  1. (literary) soft-limbed
  2. moist on surface, superficially damp

Declension

Declension of barrthais
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative barrthais bharrthais barrthaise;
bharrthaise2
vocative bharrthais barrthaise
genitive barrthaise barrthaise barrthais
dative barrthais;
bharrthais1 		bharrthais barrthaise;
bharrthaise2
Comparative níos barrthaise
Superlative is barrthaise

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 barrthais
radical lenition eclipsis
barrthais bharrthais mbarrthais

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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