breabhsach
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
breabhsach (genitive singular masculine breabhsaigh, genitive singular feminine breabhsaí, plural breabhsacha, comparative breabhsaí)
- Synonym of breabhsánta (“hale; sprightly; spruce”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of breabhsach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | breabhsach | bhreabhsach | breabhsacha; bhreabhsacha² | |
| Vocative | bhreabhsaigh | breabhsacha | ||
| Genitive | breabhsaí | breabhsacha | breabhsach | |
| Dative | breabhsach; bhreabhsach¹ |
bhreabhsach; bhreabhsaigh (archaic) |
breabhsacha; bhreabhsacha² | |
| Comparative | níos breabhsaí | |||
| Superlative | is breabhsaí | |||
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 |
| breabhsach | bhreabhsach | mbreabhsach |
| 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) “breabhsánta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN