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buirgéiseach

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Anglo-Norman burgeis +‎ -ach.

Noun edit

buirgéiseach m (genitive singular buirgéisigh, nominative plural buirgéisigh)

  1. burgess (inhabitant of a borough with full rights)

Declension edit

Declension of buirgéiseach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative buirgéiseach buirgéiseigh
Vocative a bhuirgéiseigh a bhuirgéiseacha
Genitive buirgéiseigh buirgéiseach
Dative buirgéiseach buirgéiseigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an buirgéiseach na buirgéiseigh
Genitive an bhuirgéiseigh na mbuirgéiseach
Dative leis an mbuirgéiseach

don bhuirgéiseach

leis na buirgéiseigh

Adjective edit

buirgéiseach (genitive singular masculine buirgéisigh, genitive singular feminine buirgéisí, comparative buirgéisí)

  1. bourgeois

Declension edit

Declension of buirgéiseach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative buirgéiseach bhuirgéiseach buirgéiseacha;
bhuirgéiseacha²
Vocative bhuirgéiseaigh buirgéiseacha
Genitive buirgéiseaí buirgéiseacha buirgéiseach
Dative buirgéiseach;
bhuirgéiseach¹ 		bhuirgéiseach;
bhuirgéiseaigh (archaic) 		buirgéiseacha;
bhuirgéiseacha²
Comparative níos buirgéiseaí
Superlative is buirgéiseaí

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
buirgéiseach bhuirgéiseach mbuirgéiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

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