bearach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish berach (“pointed”); compare biorach (“pointed”).
Noun
[edit]bearach f (genitive singular bearaí, nominative plural bearacha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bearach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Irish berach, describing an animal with pointed ears.
Noun
[edit]bearach m (genitive singular bearaigh, nominative plural bearaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bearach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- beacán bearaigh (“toadstool”)
- bearach bliana (“yearling heifer”)
- bearach seasc (“dry heifer”)
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bearach | bhearach | mbearach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bearach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “berach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bearach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bearach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024