barrchas

Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ cas (“curly”).

Adjective

barrchas (genitive singular masculine barrchais, genitive singular feminine barrchaise, plural barrchasa, comparative barrchaise)

  1. ringleted
    Synonyms: bachallach, búclach, caschiabhach, caslúbach, drolach, failíoch, fáinneach, feamainneach

Declension
Declension of barrchas
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative barrchas bharrchas barrchasa;
bharrchasa²
Vocative bharrchais barrchasa
Genitive barrchaise barrchasa barrchas
Dative barrchas;
bharrchas¹		 bharrchas;
bharrchais (archaic)		 barrchasa;
bharrchasa²
Comparative níos barrchaise
Superlative is barrchaise

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
barrchas bharrchas mbarrchas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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