brabachúil
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From brabach (“gain, profit; benefit, advantage; surplus”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
brabachúil (genitive singular masculine brabachúil, genitive singular feminine brabachúla, plural brabachúla, comparative brabachúla)
Declension[edit]
Declension of brabachúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | brabachúil | bhrabachúil | brabachúla; bhrabachúla² | |
| Vocative | bhrabachúil | brabachúla | ||
| Genitive | brabachúla | brabachúla | brabachúil | |
| Dative | brabachúil; bhrabachúil¹ |
bhrabachúil | brabachúla; bhrabachúla² | |
| Comparative | níos brabachúla | |||
| Superlative | is brabachúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| brabachúil | bhrabachúil | mbrabachúil |
| 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) “brabachúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN