barúlach
Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adjective
barúlach (genitive singular masculine barúlaigh, genitive singular feminine barúlaí, plural barúlacha, comparative barúlaí)
- opinionated, of the opinion
- conjectural, dubious, questionable
- likely, promising
- notional
Inflection
Declension of barúlach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | barúlach | bharúlach | barúlacha; bharúlacha² | |
| Vocative | bharúlaigh | barúlacha | ||
| Genitive | barúlaí | barúlacha | barúlach | |
| Dative | barúlach; bharúlach¹ |
bharúlach; bharúlaigh (archaic) |
barúlacha; bharúlacha² | |
| Comparative | níos barúlaí | |||
| Superlative | is barúlaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| barúlach | bharúlach | mbarúlach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “barúlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “baramlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “baraṁlaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 54
- Entries containing “barúlach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “barúlach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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