broigheall

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

broigheall m (genitive singular broighill, nominative plural broighill)

1. cormorant

   Synonyms: cailleach dhubh, duibhéan, fiach mara

Declension

Declension of broigheall

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative broigheall broighill Vocative a bhroighill a bhroighealla Genitive broighill broigheall Dative broigheall broighill

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an broigheall na broighill Genitive an bhroighill na mbroigheall Dative leis an mbroigheall don bhroigheall leis na broighill

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
broigheall	bhroigheall	mbroigheall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “broigheall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN