bruidheanach
Irish
Adjective
bruidheanach (genitive singular masculine bruidheanaigh, genitive singular feminine bruidheanaí, plural bruidheanacha, comparative bruidheanaí)
- Obsolete spelling of bruíonach (“quarrelsome”)
Declension
Declension of bruidheanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bruidheanach | bhruidheanach | bruidheanacha; bhruidheanacha² | |
| Vocative | bhruidheanaigh | bruidheanacha | ||
| Genitive | bruidheanaí | bruidheanacha | bruidheanach | |
| Dative | bruidheanach; bhruidheanach¹ |
bhruidheanach; bhruidheanaigh (archaic) |
bruidheanacha; bhruidheanacha² | |
| Comparative | níos bruidheanaí | |||
| Superlative | is bruidheanaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bruidheanach | bhruidheanach | mbruidheanach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "bruidhean" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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