bruíneach

Irish

Adjective

bruíneach (genitive singular masculine bruínigh, genitive singular feminine bruíní, plural bruíneacha, comparative bruíní)

1. Alternative form of bruíonach (“quarrelsome”)

Declension

Declension of bruíneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bruíneach	bhruíneach	bruíneacha; bhruíneacha²
Vocative	bhruínigh		bruíneacha
Genitive		bruíní	bruíneacha	bruíneach
Dative	bruíneach; bhruíneach¹	bhruíneach; bhruínigh (archaic)	bruíneacha; bhruíneacha²
Comparative	níos bruíní
Superlative	is bruíní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bruíneach	bhruíneach	mbruíneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bruíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bruíneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm