buirgéiseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• buirghéiseach

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman burgeis +‎ -ach.

Noun

buirgéiseach m (genitive singular buirgéisigh, nominative plural buirgéisigh)

1. burgess (inhabitant of a borough with full rights)

Declension

Declension of buirgéiseach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative buirgéiseach buirgéiseigh Vocative a bhuirgéiseigh a bhuirgéiseacha Genitive buirgéiseigh buirgéiseach Dative buirgéiseach buirgéiseigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an buirgéiseach na buirgéiseigh Genitive an bhuirgéiseigh na mbuirgéiseach Dative leis an mbuirgéiseach don bhuirgéiseach leis na buirgéiseigh

Adjective

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

1. bourgeois

Declension

Declension of buirgéiseach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	buirgéiseach	bhuirgéiseach	buirgéiseacha; bhuirgéiseacha²
Vocative	bhuirgéiseaigh		buirgéiseacha
Genitive		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.

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• “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