bruíontach

Irish

Adjective

bruíontach (genitive singular masculine bruíontaigh, genitive singular feminine bruíontaí, plural bruíontacha, comparative bruíontaí)

1. Alternative form of bruíonach (“quarrelsome”)

Declension

Declension of bruíontach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bruíontach	bhruíontach	bruíontacha; bhruíontacha²
Vocative	bhruíontaigh		bruíontacha
Genitive		bruíontaí	bruíontacha	bruíontach
Dative	bruíontach; bhruíontach¹	bhruíontach; bhruíontaigh (archaic)	bruíontacha; bhruíontacha²
Comparative	níos bruíontaí
Superlative	is bruíontaí

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
bruíontach	bhruíontach	mbruíontach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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