Béarlach

Irish

Etymology

From Béarla +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

Béarlach (genitive singular masculine Béarlaigh, genitive singular feminine Béarlaí, plural Béarlacha, not comparable)

1. (rare, obsolete) English-language, English-speaking

Usage notes

Not found in dictionaries of the modern language, and apparently rare even in the early modern period. Usually Béarla is used attributively in the genitive when an adjective meaning “pertaining to the English language” is needed.

Declension

Declension of Béarlach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	Béarlach	Bhéarlach	Béarlacha; Bhéarlacha2
vocative	Bhéarlaigh		Béarlacha
genitive		Béarlaí	strong noun	weak noun
			Béarlacha	Béarlach
dative	Béarlach; Bhéarlach1	Bhéarlach; Bhéarlaigh (archaic)	Béarlacha; Bhéarlacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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 Béarlach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Béarlach	Bhéarlach	mBéarlach

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

Further reading

• “Béarlach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bérlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language