bruíneach
Irish edit
Adjective edit
bruíneach (genitive singular masculine bruínigh, genitive singular feminine bruíní, plural bruíneacha, comparative bruíní)
- Alternative form of bruíonach (“quarrelsome”)
Declension edit
Declension of bruíneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bruíneach | bhruíneach | bruíneacha; bhruíneacha² | |
| Vocative | bhruínigh | bruíneacha | ||
| Genitive | bruíní | bruíneacha | bruíneach | |
| Dative | bruíneach; bhruíneach¹ |
bhruíneach; bhruínigh (archaic) |
bruíneacha; bhruíneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos bruíní | |||
| Superlative | is bruíní | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bruíneach | bhruíneach | mbruíneach |
| 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) “bruíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bruíneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm