barrchaol

Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ caol (“thin, slender”).

Adjective

barrchaol (genitive singular masculine barrchaoil, genitive singular feminine barrchaoile, plural barrchaola, comparative barrchaoile)

1. tapering

Declension

Declension of barrchaol

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	barrchaol	bharrchaol	barrchaola; bharrchaola2
vocative	bharrchaoil		barrchaola
genitive		barrchaoile	barrchaola	barrchaol
dative	barrchaol; bharrchaol1	bharrchaol; bharrchaoil (archaic)	barrchaola; bharrchaola2
Comparative	níos barrchaoile
Superlative	is barrchaoile

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 barrchaol

radical	lenition	eclipsis
barrchaol	bharrchaol	mbarrchaol

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “barrchaol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “barrchaol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm