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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
barrleathan	bharrleathan	mbarrleathan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “barrleathan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “barrleathan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.