brionglánach
Irish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editbrionglánach (genitive singular masculine brionglánaigh, genitive singular feminine brionglánaí, plural brionglánacha, comparative brionglánaí)
- Alternative form of beangánach (“branching; pronged”)
Declension
editDeclension of brionglánach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editIrish mutation | ||
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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