bréagdheimhneach

Irish

Etymology

From bréag- +‎ deimhneach.

Adjective

bréagdheimhneach (genitive singular masculine bréagdheimhnigh, genitive singular feminine bréagdheimhní, plural bréagdheimhneacha, not comparable)

1. false positive

Declension

Declension of bréagdheimhneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bréagdheimhneach	bhréagdheimhneach	bréagdheimhneacha; bhréagdheimhneacha²
Vocative	bhréagdheimhnigh		bréagdheimhneacha
Genitive		bréagdheimhní	bréagdheimhneacha	bréagdheimhneach
Dative	bréagdheimhneach; bhréagdheimhneach¹	bhréagdheimhneach; bhréagdheimhnigh (archaic)	bréagdheimhneacha; bhréagdheimhneacha²
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.

Related terms

• bréagdheimhneacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bréagdheimhneach	bhréagdheimhneach	mbréagdheimhneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bréagdheimhneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024