bréagach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bréag (“a lie”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲiaɡəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲeːɡəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲeːɡa(h)/
Adjective
[edit]bréagach (genitive singular masculine bréagaigh, genitive singular feminine bréagaí, plural bréagacha, comparative bréagaí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | bréagach | bhréagach | bréagacha; bhréagacha2 | |
vocative | bhréagaigh | bréagacha | ||
genitive | bréagaí | bréagacha | bréagach | |
dative | bréagach; bhréagach1 |
bhréagach; bhréagaigh (archaic) |
bréagacha; bhréagacha2 | |
Comparative | níos bréagaí | |||
Superlative | is bréagaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]bréagach m (genitive singular bréagaigh, nominative plural bréagaigh)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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bréagach | bhréagach | mbréagach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bréagach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bréagach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
- “bréagach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024