béarlagair

Irish

Alternative forms

• béarlagar
• beurlagair (obsolete)

Etymology

From English vernacular, altered by folk etymology to resemble béarla (“language, speech”) (compare Béarla (“English language”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲiːa̯ɾˠl̪ˠəɡəɾˠ/ (corresponding to the form béarlagar)

Noun

béarlagair m (genitive singular béarlagair)

1. jargon
2. slang

Declension

Declension of béarlagair (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative béarlagair vocative a bhéarlagair genitive béarlagair dative béarlagair forms with the definite article case singular nominative an béarlagair genitive an bhéarlagair dative leis an mbéarlagair don bhéarlagair

Derived terms

• béarlagair na saor (“masons' slang”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of béarlagair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
béarlagair	bhéarlagair	mbéarlagair

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

Further reading

• “béarlagair”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bérlacair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béarlagair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “jargon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “slang”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024