bréagchéadfa

Irish

Etymology

From bréag- (“false”) +‎ céadfa (“bodily sense; perception, understanding”).

Noun

bréagchéadfa f (genitive singular bréagchéadfa, nominative plural bréagchéadfaí)

1. hallucination

   Synonyms: éiclips, mearú súl, meascán mearaí, speabhraíd

Declension

Declension of bréagchéadfa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bréagchéadfa bréagchéadfaí vocative a bhréagchéadfa a bhréagchéadfaí genitive bréagchéadfa bréagchéadfaí dative bréagchéadfa bréagchéadfaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhréagchéadfa na bréagchéadfaí genitive na bréagchéadfa na mbréagchéadfaí dative leis an mbréagchéadfa don bhréagchéadfa leis na bréagchéadfaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of bréagchéadfa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bréagchéadfa	bhréagchéadfa	mbréagchéadfa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bréagchéadfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bréagchéadfa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm