bréagach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bréag (“a lie”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲiaɡəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲeːɡəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲeːɡa(h)/
Adjective[edit]
bréagach (genitive singular masculine bréagaigh, genitive singular feminine bréagaí, plural bréagacha, comparative bréagaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bréagach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bréagach | bhréagach | bréagacha; bhréagacha² | |
Vocative | bhréagaigh | bréagacha | ||
Genitive | bréagaí | bréagacha | bréagach | |
Dative | bréagach; bhréagach¹ |
bhréagach; bhréagaigh (archaic) |
bréagacha; bhréagacha² | |
Comparative | níos bréagaí | |||
Superlative | is bréagaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun[edit]
bréagach m (genitive singular bréagaigh, nominative plural bréagaigh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bréagach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bréagach | bhréagach | mbréagach |
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) “bréagach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bréagach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
- Entries containing “bréagach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.