brionglóideach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From brionglóid (“dream”) + -ach.
Adjective edit
brionglóideach (genitive singular masculine brionglóidigh, genitive singular feminine brionglóidí, plural brionglóideacha, comparative brionglóidí)
- dreamy
- hallucinatory (relating to or resembling hallucination)
- abstracted
Declension edit
Declension of brionglóideach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | brionglóideach | bhrionglóideach | brionglóideacha; bhrionglóideacha² | |
Vocative | bhrionglóidigh | brionglóideacha | ||
Genitive | brionglóidí | brionglóideacha | brionglóideach | |
Dative | brionglóideach; bhrionglóideach¹ |
bhrionglóideach; bhrionglóidigh (archaic) |
brionglóideacha; bhrionglóideacha² | |
Comparative | níos brionglóidí | |||
Superlative | is brionglóidí |
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
brionglóideach f (genitive singular brionglóidí)
- (act of) dreaming; dream
- reverie, abstraction
Declension edit
Declension of brionglóideach
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms edit
- brionglóidíocht (“dreaming”, noun)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
brionglóideach | bhrionglóideach | mbrionglóideach |
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) “brionglóideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “brionglóideach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “brionglóideach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.