bródúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• bródamhail (superseded)
• bródamhuil (obsolete)

Etymology

bród +‎ -úil

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠoːˈd̪ˠuːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɾˠoːd̪ˠuːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɔːd̪ˠulʲ/

Adjective

bródúil (genitive singular feminine bródúla, plural bródúla, comparative bródúla)

1. proud (+ as (“of”))

Declension

Declension of bródúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bródúil	bhródúil	bródúla; bhródúla²
Vocative	bhródúil		bródúla
Genitive		bródúla	bródúla	bródúil
Dative	bródúil; bhródúil¹	bhródúil	bródúla; bhródúla²
Comparative	níos bródúla
Superlative	is bródúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bródúil	bhródúil	mbródúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bródúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bródaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 89
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bródúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN