buirgéiseach

Irish

buirgéiseach m (genitive singular buirgéisigh, nominative plural buirgéisigh)

Declension of buirgéiseach

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an buirgéiseach	na buirgéiseigh
Genitive	an bhuirgéiseigh	na mbuirgéiseach
Dative	leis an mbuirgéiseach don bhuirgéiseach	leis na buirgéiseigh

buirgéiseach (genitive singular masculine buirgéisigh, genitive singular feminine buirgéisí, comparative buirgéisí)

Declension of buirgéiseach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	buirgéiseach	bhuirgéiseach	buirgéiseacha; bhuirgéiseacha²
Vocative	bhuirgéiseaigh	bhuirgéiseach	buirgéiseacha
Genitive	bhuirgéiseaigh	buirgéiseaí	buirgéiseacha	buirgéiseach
Dative	buirgéiseach; bhuirgéiseach¹	bhuirgéiseach; bhuirgéiseaigh (archaic)	buirgéiseacha; bhuirgéiseacha²
Comparative	níos buirgéiseaí
Superlative	is buirgéiseaí

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buirgéiseach	bhuirgéiseach	mbuirgéiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

“buirgéiseach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “buirgéisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “buirgéiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buirgéiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN