bruíontach
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Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bruíontach (genitive singular masculine bruíontaigh, genitive singular feminine bruíontaí, plural bruíontacha, comparative bruíontaí)
- Alternative form of bruíonach (“quarrelsome”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bruíontach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bruíontach | bhruíontach | bruíontacha; bhruíontacha² | |
Vocative | bhruíontaigh | bruíontacha | ||
Genitive | bruíontaí | bruíontacha | bruíontach | |
Dative | bruíontach; bhruíontach¹ |
bhruíontach; bhruíontaigh (archaic) |
bruíontacha; bhruíontacha² | |
Comparative | níos bruíontaí | |||
Superlative | is bruíontaí |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bruíontach | bhruíontach | mbruíontach |
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) “bruíonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN