Béarlach
Irish
Adjective
Béarlach (genitive singular masculine Béarlaigh, genitive singular feminine Béarlaí, plural Béarlacha, not comparable)
Usage notes
Not found in dictionaries of the modern language, and apparently rare even in the early modern period. Usually Béarla is used attributively in the genitive when an adjective meaning “pertaining to the English language” is needed.
Declension
Declension of Béarlach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Bhéarlach | Béarlacha; Bhéarlacha² | |
| Vocative | Bhéarlaigh | Béarlacha | ||
| Genitive | Béarlaí | Béarlacha | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | |
| Dative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value); Bhéarlach¹ |
Bhéarlach; Bhéarlaigh (archaic) |
Béarlacha; Bhéarlacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- “Béarlach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bérlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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