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

Mutated forms of barrchas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
barrchas	bharrchas	mbarrchas

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