barrthais

Irish

Etymology

From barr- +‎ tais (“damp, moist, humid; soft, smooth, tender”).

Adjective

barrthais (genitive singular masculine barrthais, genitive singular feminine barrthaise, plural barrthaise, comparative barrthaise)

1. (literary) soft-limbed
2. moist on surface, superficially damp

Declension

Declension of barrthais

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	barrthais	bharrthais	barrthaise; bharrthaise2
vocative	bharrthais		barrthaise
genitive		barrthaise	barrthaise	barrthais
dative	barrthais; bharrthais1	bharrthais	barrthaise; bharrthaise2
Comparative	níos barrthaise
Superlative	is barrthaise

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 barrthais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
barrthais	bharrthais	mbarrthais

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