barrghéar

Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ géar (“sharp”).

Adjective

barrghéar (genitive singular masculine barrghéir, genitive singular feminine barrghéire, plural barrghéara, comparative barrghéire)

  1. sharp-pointed

Declension
Declension of barrghéar
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative barrghéar bharrghéar barrghéara;
bharrghéara²
Vocative bharrghéir barrghéara
Genitive barrghéire barrghéara barrghéar
Dative barrghéar;
bharrghéar¹		 bharrghéar;
bharrghéir (archaic)		 barrghéara;
bharrghéara²
Comparative níos barrghéire
Superlative is barrghéire

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
barrghéar bharrghéar mbarrghéar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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