brionglóid

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bringlóid, brinnglóid, from brinn (“vision, dream, revelation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪŋl̪ˠoːdʲ/

Noun

brionglóid f (genitive singular brionglóide, nominative plural brionglóidí)

1. dream, daydream, reverie, mirage
2. worry

Declension

Declension of brionglóid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative brionglóid brionglóidí Vocative a bhrionglóid a bhrionglóidí Genitive brionglóide brionglóidí Dative brionglóid brionglóidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhrionglóid na brionglóidí Genitive na brionglóide na mbrionglóidí Dative leis an mbrionglóid don bhrionglóid leis na brionglóidí

Derived terms

• brionglóideach (“(act of) dreaming; dream; reverie”)
• brionglóideach (“dreamy, hallucinatory; abstracted”, adjective)
• brionglóidíocht (“dreaming”)

 

Related terms

• aisling (“dream, vision”)
• taibhreamh (“dream”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brionglóid	bhrionglóid	mbrionglóid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brionglóid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brin(n)glóid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “daydream”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “dream”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “mirage”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “reverie”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “brionglóid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm