bréagchráifeach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bréag- (“pseudo-”) + cráifeach (“religious; pious, devout”).
Adjective
[edit]bréagchráifeach (genitive singular masculine bréagchráifigh, genitive singular feminine bréagchráifí, plural bréagchráifeacha, comparative bréagchráifí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | bréagchráifeach | bhréagchráifeach | bréagchráifeacha; bhréagchráifeacha2 | |
vocative | bhréagchráifigh | bréagchráifeacha | ||
genitive | bréagchráifí | bréagchráifeacha | bréagchráifeach | |
dative | bréagchráifeach; bhréagchráifeach1 |
bhréagchráifeach; bhréagchráifigh (archaic) |
bréagchráifeacha; bhréagchráifeacha2 | |
Comparative | níos bréagchráifí | |||
Superlative | is bréagchráifí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- bréagchrábhadh, bréagchráifeacht (“sanctimony”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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bréagchráifeach | bhréagchráifeach | mbréagchráifeach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bréagchráifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN