barrfhliuch

Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ fliuch (“wet”).

Adjective

barrfhliuch (genitive singular masculine barrfhliuch, genitive singular feminine barrfhliche, plural barrfhliucha, comparative barrfhliche)

1. wet on the surface

   Synonym: leathfhliuch

Declension

Declension of barrfhliuch

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	barrfhliuch	bharrfhliuch	barrfhliucha; bharrfhliucha2
vocative	bharrfhliuch		barrfhliucha
genitive		barrfhliche	barrfhliucha	barrfhliuch
dative	barrfhliuch; bharrfhliuch1	bharrfhliuch	barrfhliucha; bharrfhliucha2
Comparative	níos barrfhliche
Superlative	is barrfhliche

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 barrfhliuch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
barrfhliuch	bharrfhliuch	mbarrfhliuch

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