breallach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
breallach (genitive singular masculine breallaigh, genitive singular feminine breallaí, plural breallacha, comparative breallaí)
Declension edit
Declension of breallach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | breallach | bhreallach | breallacha; bhreallacha² | |
Vocative | bhreallaigh | breallacha | ||
Genitive | breallaí | breallacha | breallach | |
Dative | breallach; bhreallach¹ |
bhreallach; bhreallaigh (archaic) |
breallacha; bhreallacha² | |
Comparative | níos breallaí | |||
Superlative | is breallaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun edit
breallach m (genitive singular breallaigh, nominative plural breallaigh)
- clam
- Synonym: breallacán
- (in the plural) rags
Declension edit
Declension of breallach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- seabhdar breallach (“clam chowder”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
breallach | bhreallach | mbreallach |
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) “breallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “breallach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “breallach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.