bruachbhailteach

Irish

Etymology

From bruachbhailte (“suburbs”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

bruachbhailteach (genitive singular masculine bruachbhailtigh, genitive singular feminine bruachbhailtí, plural bruachbhailteacha, comparative bruachbhailtí)

1. suburban

   Synonyms: fo-bhailteach, fo-uirbeach

Declension

Declension of bruachbhailteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bruachbhailteach	bhruachbhailteach	bruachbhailteacha; bhruachbhailteacha²
Vocative	bhruachbhailtigh		bruachbhailteacha
Genitive		bruachbhailtí	bruachbhailteacha	bruachbhailteach
Dative	bruachbhailteach; bhruachbhailteach¹	bhruachbhailteach; bhruachbhailtigh (archaic)	bruachbhailteacha; bhruachbhailteacha²
Comparative	níos bruachbhailtí
Superlative	is bruachbhailtí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

bruachbhailteach m (genitive singular bruachbhailtigh, nominative plural bruachbhailtigh)

1. (informal, usually derogatory) suburbanite

   Synonym: fo-bhailteach

Declension

Declension of bruachbhailteach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bruachbhailteach bruachbhailtigh Vocative a bhruachbhailtigh a bhruachbhailteacha Genitive bruachbhailtigh bruachbhailteach Dative bruachbhailteach bruachbhailtigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bruachbhailteach na bruachbhailtigh Genitive an bhruachbhailtigh na mbruachbhailteach Dative leis an mbruachbhailteach don bhruachbhailteach leis na bruachbhailtigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bruachbhailteach	bhruachbhailteach	mbruachbhailteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bruachbhailteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024