barrach

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaɾˠəx/

Noun

barrach m (genitive singular barraigh)

1. tow (of flax, hemp)

Declension

Declension of barrach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative barrach vocative a bharraigh genitive barraigh dative barrach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an barrach genitive an bharraigh dative leis an mbarrach don bharrach

Descendants

• → Yola: barrough

Mutation

Mutated forms of barrach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
barrach	bharrach	mbarrach

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) “barrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN