bródúil
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠoːˈd̪ˠuːlʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠoːd̪ˠuːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɔːd̪ˠulʲ/
Adjective
[edit]bródúil (genitive singular feminine bródúla, plural bródúla, comparative bródúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bródúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bródúil | bhródúil | bródúla; bhródúla² | |
| Vocative | bhródúil | bródúla | ||
| Genitive | bródúla | bródúla | bródúil | |
| Dative | bródúil; bhródúil¹ |
bhródúil | bródúla; bhródúla² | |
| Comparative | níos bródúla | |||
| Superlative | is bródúla | |||
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 |
| bródúil | bhródúil | mbródúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “bródúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bródaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 89
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bródúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN