brionglánach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
brionglánach (genitive singular masculine brionglánaigh, genitive singular feminine brionglánaí, plural brionglánacha, comparative brionglánaí)
- Alternative form of beangánach (“branching; pronged”)
Declension edit
Declension of brionglánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | brionglánach | bhrionglánach | brionglánacha; bhrionglánacha² | |
| Vocative | bhrionglánaigh | brionglánacha | ||
| Genitive | brionglánaí | brionglánacha | brionglánach | |
| Dative | brionglánach; bhrionglánach¹ |
bhrionglánach; bhrionglánaigh (archaic) |
brionglánacha; bhrionglánacha² | |
| Comparative | níos brionglánaí | |||
| Superlative | is brionglánaí | |||
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 |
| brionglánach | bhrionglánach | mbrionglánach |
| 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) “brionglán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN