béarlagair

Irish

From English vernacular, altered by folk etymology to resemble béarla (“language, speech”) (compare Béarla (“English language”)).

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲiːa̯ɾˠl̪ˠəɡəɾˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form béarlagar)

béarlagair m (genitive singular béarlagair)

Declension of béarlagair

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	an béarlagair
Genitive	an bhéarlagair
Dative	leis an mbéarlagair don bhéarlagair

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béarlagair	bhéarlagair	mbéarlagair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

“béarlagair”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bérlacair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béarlagair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“jargon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
“slang”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

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