barraíocht

Irish

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

Etymology

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

Noun

barraíocht f (genitive singular barraíochta)

  1. excess, more than enough, too much
  2. (as verbal noun, ag ~)
    1. to best (someone)
    2. to judge (the weather)

Declension
Declension of barraíocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative barraíocht
Vocative a bharraíocht
Genitive barraíochta
Dative barraíocht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an bharraíocht
Genitive na barraíochta
Dative leis an mbarraíocht

don bharraíocht

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
barraíocht bharraíocht mbarraíocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Further reading
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