broidiúil
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom broid (“captive”) + -úil.
Adjective
editbroidiúil (genitive singular masculine broidiúil, genitive singular feminine broidiúla, plural broidiúla, comparative broidiúla)
Declension
editDeclension of broidiúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | broidiúil | bhroidiúil | broidiúla; bhroidiúla² | |
Vocative | bhroidiúil | broidiúla | ||
Genitive | broidiúla | broidiúla | broidiúil | |
Dative | broidiúil; bhroidiúil¹ |
bhroidiúil; bhroidiúil (archaic) |
broidiúla; bhroidiúla² | |
Comparative | níos broidiúla | |||
Superlative | is broidiúla |
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 |
broidiúil | bhroidiúil | mbroidiúil |
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) “broidiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “broideaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 90
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “broidiúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “broidiúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024