bréagach

Irish

Etymology

From bréag (“a lie”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲiːa̯ɡəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲeːɡəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲeːɡa(x)/

Adjective

bréagach (genitive singular masculine bréagaigh, genitive singular feminine bréagaí, plural bréagacha, comparative bréagaí)

1. lying, false

Declension

Declension of bréagach

Positive	singular		plural
	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

bréagach m (genitive singular bréagaigh, nominative plural bréagaigh)

1. liar

Declension

Declension of bréagach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bréagach bréagaigh vocative a bhréagaigh a bhréagacha genitive bréagaigh bréagach dative bréagach bréagaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bréagach na bréagaigh genitive an bhréagaigh na mbréagach dative leis an mbréagach don bhréagach leis na bréagaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of bréagach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bréagach	bhréagach	mbréagach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “bréagaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 119; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bréagach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “bréagach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bréagach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026