barrleathan

Irish

Etymology

From barr- (“-tipped”) +‎ leathan (“broad, wide”).

Adjective

barrleathan (genitive singular masculine barrleathan, genitive singular feminine barrleithne, plural barrleathana, comparative barrleithne)

1. wide at top
2. square-toed (of shoes)

Declension

Declension of barrleathan

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	barrleathan	bharrleathan	barrleathana; bharrleathana2
vocative	bharrleathan		barrleathana
genitive		barrleithne	barrleathana	barrleathan
dative	barrleathan; bharrleathan1	bharrleathan	barrleathana; bharrleathana2
Comparative	níos barrleithne
Superlative	is barrleithne

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 barrleathan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
barrleathan	bharrleathan	mbarrleathan

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) “barrleathan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “barrleathan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm