barúil

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish baramail (opinion), from Latin parabola (comparison, illustration, likeness) (altered under the influence of samail),[1] from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, comparison; parable).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

barúil f (genitive singular barúla, nominative plural barúlacha)

  1. verbal noun of barúil
  2. opinion
    Synonym: tuairim

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Verb[edit]

barúil (present analytic barúlann, future analytic barúlfaidh, verbal noun barúil, past participle barúilte)

  1. (intransitive) think, opine, suppose, be of the opinion (that)

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
barúil bharúil mbarúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “baramail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86

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